B Levin, DA Lieberman, B McFarland, KS Andrews, D … - Gastroenterology, 2008 - Elsevier In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer diagnosed among
men and women and the second leading cause of death from cancer. CRC largely can be prevented
by the detection and removal of adenomatous polyps, and survival is significantly better ... Cited by 260 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
CN Klabunde, PS Frame, A Meadow, E Jones, M Nadel … - Preventive Medicine, 2003 - Elsevier Only 2% of PCPs said they did not recommend CRC screening. Over 80% indicated that they
most often recommend CRC screening with fecal occult blood testing and/or flexible
sigmoidoscopy, although colonoscopy was perceived as the more effective screening ... Cited by 133 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org F Loeve, ML Brown, R Boer, M van … - JNCI Journal of the …, 2000 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org Background: Comprehensive analyses have shown that screening for cancer usually induces
net costs. In this study, the possible costs and savings of endoscopic colorectal cancer screening
are explored to investigate whether the induced savings may compensate for the costs of ... Cited by 124 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
CN Klabunde, SW Vernon, MR Nadel, N Breen, LC … - Medical care, 2005 - journals.lww.com (negative association). PCP attitudes were associated with higher rates of counseling,
referral, and program attendance. Conclusions: PCPs, regardless of intervention
participation, had attitudes consistent with their reported smoking-cessation behaviors ... Cited by 94 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►cancer.gov [PDF] SJ Curry, T Byers, ME Hewitt - 2003 - books.google.com Executive Summary The nation needs new strategies to prevent cancer and, when cancer
occurs, to catch it at its earliest stages. Smoking, unhealthy diet, obesity, sedentary lifestyles,
and failure to get screened all con- tribute to the excess burden of cancer. Failure to ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►pasteur.ac.ir [PDF] DF Ransohoff - Gastroenterology, 2005 - Elsevier The field of colon cancer screening has evolved dramatically in the last 15 years regarding
evidence, guidelines, and practice. In 1990, no evidence from a randomized controlled clinical
trial (RCT) existed to show that colorectal cancer (CRC) screening was effective in ... Cited by 87 - Related articles - All 16 versions
S Subramanian, M Klosterman, MM Amonkar, TL Hunt - Preventive Medicine, 2004 - Elsevier Results. In 2000, only 34% of the US population obtained screening within recommended time
frames (fecal occult blood test annually, flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, or colonoscopy
every 10 years). Positive attitude toward screening and physician recommendation result ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - All 4 versions
JD Lewis, K Ng, KE Hung, WB Bilker, JA … - Archives of Internal …, 2003 - archinte.highwire.org You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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- ►annals.org [PDF] TF Imperiale, DR Wagner, CY Lin, GN … - Annals of internal …, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Colonoscopic screening for colorectal cancer has been suggested because sigmoidoscopy
misses nearly half of per- sons with advanced proximal neoplasia. Objective: To create a clinical
index to stratify risk for advanced proximal neoplasia and to identify a subgroup with very ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►virginia.edu [PDF] ML Brown, CN Klabunde, P Mysliwiec - The American journal of medicine, 2003 - Elsevier There is a national goal in the United States to increase the level of colorectal cancer
screening, but there is currently little information on resources for the delivery of endoscopic
screening and follow-up diagnostic and surveillance procedures. The purpose of this ... Cited by 60 - Related articles - All 10 versions
