Screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk Chinese population using a mixed strategy with sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy
Journal
Diseases of the colon and rectum
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
5
Pages
630
Date Issued
2007-05
Author(s)
Lin, Jaw-Town
Huang, Shih-Pei
Abstract
The Chinese population has been shown to have more distal colonic neoplasm and a higher sensitivity of sigmoidoscopic screening strategy for detecting advanced neoplasm compared with Western populations. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the mixed screening strategy with sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in the average-risk Chinese population.
Subjects
colorectal cancer; age; sigmoidoscopy; colonoscopy; Chinese; PROXIMAL COLONIC NEOPLASIA; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; CLINICAL GUIDELINES; ASYMPTOMATIC ADULTS; PREDICTORS; RATIONALE; POLYPS
Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Type
journal article