Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) is usually preferred by people for screening of colorectal cancer. But a higher number of lesions can be detected more clearly using colonoscopy. Though fecal ...
A new risk assessment scoring system has been developed that could help physicians judge which patients can forgo invasive colonoscopy testing for cancer screening and which should receive the test.
The cost of colonoscopies and increasingly strict US insurance company policies are driving down rates of colorectal cancer detection in an age group that experts say is at particular risk. Paige ...
Colonoscopy is required following a positive fecal screening test for CRC. It remains unclear to what extent time to colonoscopy is associated with CRC-related outcomes, so study authors performed a ...
Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. The study found no significant difference in follow-up times for ...
Objective To estimate benefits and harms of different colorectal cancer screening strategies, stratified by (baseline) 15-year colorectal cancer risk. Design Microsimulation modelling study using ...
A team of 60 gastroenterology experts recommended gastroenterologists move on from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to colorectal cancer screening, in a new preprint study published in Clinical ...
A patient who had repeatedly refused routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), despite having lost his 80-year-old father to the disease, was again advised to undergo a colonoscopy at age 56. He ...
Dear Dr. Gott: I am writing you because of some of the columns and advice your readers and you have given us in regard to colonoscopy testing. I was a lot like most individuals in that I didn”t think ...
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