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Review
. 2000 Oct 21;321(7267):1004-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7267.1004.

ABC of colorectal cancer: screening

J H Scholefield
Review

ABC of colorectal cancer: screening

J H Scholefield. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Colon cancer
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Flexible sigmoidoscope: used for endoluminal visualisation and therapeutic removal of adenomas
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Colonoscopic view of colonic adenoma (about 1.5 cm diameter)
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Double contrast barium enema showing carcinoma of sigmoid colon
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Estimates of costs for different methods of screening for colorectal cancer. Costs are based on biennial testing (faecal occult blood), testing at intervals of 5 years (barium enema and colonoscopy), or once-only testing (sigmoidoscopy)
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