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Showing posts with label colonoscopy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colonoscopy. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Scope to improve: a multi-centre audit of 16 064 colonoscopies looking at caecal intubation rates, over a 2-year period - Frontline Gastroenterology

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Scope to improve: a multi-centre audit of 16 064 colonoscopies looking at caecal intubation rates, over a 2-year period -- Frontline Gastroe...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Editorial: Why You Should Care about Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy — NEJM

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Blogger's Note: read the whole editorial for further information regarding colonoscopies, this blog also has trial data on colonoscopie...

New Data Concludes Wait Times for Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease Are Increasing Across Canada - MarketWatch

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New Data Concludes Wait Times for Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease Are Increasing Across Canada - MarketWatch OAKVILLE, ONTARIO, Ma...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Medscape: Colonoscopy No Help in Finding Melena Source - in Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology

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 Wiki: Melena Medical News: Colonoscopy No Help in Finding Melena Source - in Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology "Colonosco...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Abstract: Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Competing Strategies

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 Abstract: Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Competing Strategies ""We have seen benefit ...
Friday, April 06, 2012

abstract: Incontinence after colonoscopy - an unrecognized and preventable problem. A cross-sectional study from the Gastronet quality assurance program

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 Abstract " Female patients had a higher risk of incontinence than men." Background:   Colonoscopy requires insufflation of ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Clinical Oncology News - Stool DNA Test Promising for Colorectal Screening

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Clinical Oncology News - Stool DNA Test Promising for Colorectal Screening "Stool DNA testing is moving the colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

open access (pdf) Familial Cancer: A prospective study of bowel preparation for colonoscopy with polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution versus sodium phosphate in Ly

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Familial Cancer Original Article A prospective study of bowel preparation for colonoscopy with polyethylene glycol-electr...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Colon cancer screening news coverage all over the map & readers are probably lost - Health News Review (includes professional commentaries)

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening — NEJM

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Colonoscopic Polypectomy and Long-Term Prevention of Colorectal-Cancer Deaths — NEJM

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

abstract: A literature review of quality in lower gastrointestinal endoscopy from the patient perspective.

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Abstract BACKGROUND: Given the limited state of health care resources, increased demand for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening raises c...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News - Is Colonoscopy the Optimal Method for Colorectal Cancer Screening? (no specific mention of Lynch Syndrome

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Note: no mention of Lynch Syndrome (biology/genetics), full free access with registration (free)
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Q&A: Focus on Virtual Colonoscopy - Cancerwise | Cancer blog from MD Anderson Cancer Center

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included comment: What types of research is MD Anderson doing? "Since bowel preparation is the largest barrier to most people seeki...
Friday, September 10, 2010

High detection rate of adenomas in familial colorectal cancer - Gut

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Conclusion The yield of colonoscopic surveillance in familial CRC is substantially higher than the yield of screening reported for the gene...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Colorectal adenomas in the lynch syndromes: Results of a colonoscopy screening program

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Abstract Forty-four asymptomatic putative Lynch syndrome patients participated in a colonoscopy screening program. There were 18 men and 26...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Efficacy of Annual Colonoscopic Surveillance in Individuals With Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome) - MS status

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Note: MS - microsatellite status     Methods : In a prospective, multicenter cohort study, 1126 individuals underwent 3474 colonoscopies...