title: [Colorectal cancer screening with colonoscopy].
abstract: Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide and also in Argentina. In the past few years colorectal cancer screening has become more popular and colonoscopy has been postulated as the gold standard. In this review we analyzed the evidence supporting this method in contrast with its complications and disadvantages.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia, Hospital Alemán, Buenos Aires. E-mail: lisandro_pereyra@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lisandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pereyra
authors.forename: Estanislao J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mella
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cimmino
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Boerr
mesh_terms: D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018450:Disease Progression; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy
keywords: colonic polyps; colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening