May 23, 2007 (Washington) — Analyses of data from the National Cancer Registry, the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results (SEER) database, and colonoscopy record reviews conducted at a number of ...

One-time screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by about 25% over two decades, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized U.K. study. Among ...

The rate of new or missed left-sided colorectal cancers quadrupled with flexible sigmoidoscopy compared with colonoscopy in a retrospective analysis of 25,541 cases, according to research presented at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colonoscopy prevented an estimated 50 CRC cases and 15 deaths per 100,000 person-years compared with usual care.

A randomized controlled trial of adults in Norway found that a single screening sigmoidoscopy led to a sustained reduction in ...

Studies using the three-card, take-home method of FOBT screening repeated over a number of years have demonstrated mortality reductions of up to 33%. Conversely, there are no large studies documenting ...

Several procedures are available to screen and detect colorectal cancer, which affects the colon (large intestine) or rectum. “Undergoing regular screening can lead to the detection of polyps, and ...

Researchers randomly assign more than 100,000 adults without CRC to receive once-only sigmoidoscopy screening or no screening ...

Offering sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence in men and women -- with a greater reduction among ...