Asia Pacific consensus recommendations for colorectal cancer screening

JJY Sung, JYW Lau, GP Young, Y Sano, HM Chiu… - Gut, 2008 - gut.bmj.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is rapidly increasing in Asia, but screening guidelines are lacking.
Through reviewing the literature and regional data, and using the modified Delphi process …

Risk of developing proximal versus distal colorectal cancer after a negative colonoscopy: a population-based study

J Lakoff, LF Paszat, R Saskin, L Rabeneck - Clinical Gastroenterology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) overall is reduced for up
to 10 years after a negative colonoscopy. The objective of this research was to determine the …

Patient and physician reminders to promote colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial

TD Sequist, AM Zaslavsky, R Marshall… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Screening reduces colorectal cancer mortality, but effective screening tests
remain underused. Systematic reminders to patients and physicians could increase …

Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat in relation to health care use in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

AT Andreacchi, LE Griffith, GE Guindon… - International Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background/objectives Obesity is associated with increased health care use (HCU), but it is
unclear whether this is consistent across all measures of adiposity. The objectives were to …

A blood‐based biomarker panel for stratifying current risk for colorectal cancer

KW Marshall, S Mohr, FE Khettabi… - … journal of cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is often curable and preventable using current screening
modalities. Unfortunately, screening compliance remains low, partly due to patient …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in predictors of colorectal cancer screening uptake: a national cross sectional study based on the health belief model

RK Wong, ML Wong, YH Chan, Z Feng, CT Wai… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is rapidly rising in Asia, but screening uptake
remains poor. Although studies have reported gender differences in screening rates, there …

Screening rates for colorectal cancer in Canada: a cross-sectional study

H Singh, CN Bernstein, JN Samadder… - … Association Open Access …, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Introduction Implementation of population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
programs should reduce disparities in participation in CRC screening. We estimated CRC …

Racial minorities are more likely than whites to report lack of provider recommendation for colon cancer screening

FP May, CV Almario, N Ponce… - Official journal of the …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Although screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is recommended for all adults
aged 50 to 75 years in the United States, there are racial and ethnic disparities in who …

Effect of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: an instrumental variable analysis

BJ Jacob, R Moineddin, R Sutradhar, NN Baxter… - Gastrointestinal …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Using population-based health services information to estimate the
effectiveness of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes is prone to selection …

Patient satisfaction with colonoscopy: a literature review and pilot study

L Chartier, E Arthurs, MJ Sewitch - Canadian Journal of …, 2009 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend that colonoscopic colorectal cancer
screening be undertaken every 10 years after the age of 50 years. However, because the …