Underestimating the benefits of screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer

Sameh Hany Emile^{1

2}, Nir Horesh^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Colorectal Surgery Department, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA. sameh200@hotmail.com.
² General Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura, Egypt. sameh200@hotmail.com.
³ Colorectal Surgery Department, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

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Sameh Hany Emile et al. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 4;38(1):1.

doi: 10.1007/s00384-022-04298-1.

Sameh Hany Emile^{1

2}, Nir Horesh^{3

4}

¹ Colorectal Surgery Department, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA. sameh200@hotmail.com.
² General Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura, Egypt. sameh200@hotmail.com.
³ Colorectal Surgery Department, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

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Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death.
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