title: Screening for colon cancer--can we afford colonoscopy?
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Detsky
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008403:Mass Screening; D009780:Occult Blood; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D014481:United States