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One-Time Screening for Colorectal Cancer with Combined Fecal Occult-Blood Testing and Examination of the Distal Colon

2001; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 345; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa010328

1533-4406

David A. Lieberman, William V. Harford, Dennis J. Ahnen, Dawn Provenzale, Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas Schnell, Gregorio Chejfec, Donald R. Campbell, Theodore E. Durbin, John H. Bond, Douglas B. Nelson, Stephen L. Ewing, George Triadafilopoulos, Francisco C. Ramirez, John G. Lee, Judith Collins, M. Brian Fennerty, Tiina K. Johnston, Christopher L. Corless, Kenneth R. McQuaid, Harinder S. Garewal, Richard E. Sampliner, Thomas G. Morales, Ronnie Fass, Robert E. Smith, Yogesh Maheshwari, David G. Weiss,

Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Fecal occult-blood testing and sigmoidoscopy have been recommended for screening for colorectal cancer, but the sensitivity of such combined testing for detecting neoplasia is uncertain. At 13 Veterans Affairs medical centers, we performed colonoscopy to determine the prevalence of neoplasia and the sensitivity of one-time screening with a fecal occult-blood test plus sigmoidoscopy.