Is there a role for sigmoidoscopy in symptomatic patients? Analysis of a study correlating distal and proximal colonic neoplasias detected by colonoscopy in a symptomatic population Há espaço para a retossigmoidoscopia na avaliação de pacientes sintomáticos? Análise da relação entre a presença de neoplasias colônicas proximais e distais em uma população sintomática submetida a colonoscopia

BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy is the gold standard exam to investigate patients with colonic complaints. However, its availability is limited in developing countries. Sigmoidoscopy has been advocated as a first procedure in colorectal cancer screening strategies, in order to select those who need colonosc...

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Main Authors: Vítor Binda, Júlio Pereira-Lima, Cleber Allem Nunes, Leonardo Torre Falkemberg, Daniel Barcellos Azambuja, José Vinícius Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2007-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032007000100002