Screening by Colonoscopy - Has the Time Arrived?

Colorectal cancer mortality may be reduced by several screening strategies - mathematical modelling suggests that mortality may be reduced by one-third in patients over the age of 40 years who undergo annual fecal occult blood testing. Similar modelling suggests that either colonoscopy or barium ene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard H Hunt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/939740