Screening for colorectal cancer.
Second only to lung cancer in mortality, colon cancer is amenable to cure if detected early. Because fecal occult blood testing and flexible sigmoidoscopy are effective individually but have limitations, both are now recommended for screening. However, after successful polyp removal, surveillance colonoscopy does not need to be performed as often as previously thought.
Bond
J H
JH
University of Minnesota, USA.
D018253:Adenoma, Villous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009780:Occult Blood; D012008:Recurrence; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy