Patient Satisfaction With Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
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- 26 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 160 (12) , 1790-1796
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.160.12.1790
Abstract
COLORECTAL carcinoma (CRC) is an important public health problem, with more than 138,000 new cases and 55,000 deaths estimated in the United States in 1999.1 Screening for CRC holds great promise, because CRC develops slowly from an adenomatous polyp to a malignant stage that is endoscopically or surgically curable, and only then to more advanced, incurable disease. Studies suggest that the excision of adenomatous polyps can decrease the subsequent incidence of cancer.2-5Keywords
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