Screening sigmoidoscopy: Can the road to colonoscopy be less traveled? Journal Article
| Author: | Winawer, S. J. |
| Article Title: | Screening sigmoidoscopy: Can the road to colonoscopy be less traveled? |
| Abstract: | In this issue, Imperiale and colleagues take a systematic approach to examining clinical and flexible sigmoidoscopy findings that identify patients who have the lowest risk for advanced adenomas in the proximal colon. Their findings suggest a screening colonoscopy strategy that makes the best use of the test's high diagnostic accuracy and avoids exposure to its expense, inconvenience, and risk when the predicted yield is low. Whether this strategy will conserve resources remains to be determined. |
| Keywords: | middle aged; clinical trial; review; cancer risk; colorectal cancer; colonic neoplasms; cancer screening; mass screening; risk assessment; colonoscopy; age distribution; sigmoidoscopy; resource allocation; sex distribution; humans; human; male; female; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Internal Medicine |
| Volume: | 139 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4819 |
| Publisher: | American College of Physicians |
| Date Published: | 2003-12-16 |
| Start Page: | 1034 |
| End Page: | 1035 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 14678923 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Export Date: 25 September 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
