BACKGROUND In Denmark, a nationwide screening program for colorectal cancer was implemented in March 2014. Along with this, a clinical database for program monitoring and research purposes was established. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the agreement and validity of diagnosis and procedure codes in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Database (DCCSD). METHODS All individ...

BACKGROUND When performed competently, colonoscopy screening can reduce colorectal cancer rates, especially in high-risk groups such as African Americans. Training primary care physicians (PCPs) to perform colonoscopy may improve screening rates among underserved high-risk populations. METHODS The authors compared colonoscopy screening rates and computed adjusted odds ratios for colonoscopy-e...

BACKGROUND In average-risk individuals aged 50 to 75 years, there is no difference in life-years gained when comparing colonoscopy every 10 years vs. annual fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for colorectal cancer screening. Little is known about the preferences of patients when they have experienced both tests. METHODS The study was conducted with 954 patients from the University of Iowa Hos...

Colonoscopic screening and surveillance have been very effective tools in the fight against colorectal cancer (CRC). Colonoscopy is more than a cancer screening test; it also can prevent CRC by detecting and removing precancerous lesions. Despite this potential, there has been increasing concern about CRCs that occur after a previous colonoscopy and before the next screening/surveillance examin...

INTRODUCTION Carcinoid tumors are the most common type of small bowel tumor, and the incidence is rising. The majority of small bowel carcinoid tumors arise within 60 cm of the ileocecal valve. The addition of ileoscopy to screening colonoscopy can detect asymptomatic small bowel carcinoid tumors and improve long-term prognosis through early surgical resection. Ileoscopy is a brief procedure wi...

Modelling A decision model based on a Markov process was used to model the total costs and effectiveness of the three screening strategies. The timeframe of each cycle was one year. The model referred to a hypothetical population of 100,000 persons aged 50 years. If the annual FOBT is negative, patients have to wait for the next annual test and if positive, patients are referred to colonoscopy....

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer is among the leading causes of cancer and cancer-related mortality in the United States. The incidence and mortality associated with CRC can be reduced with preventive screening. Inadequate bowel preparation has been associated with missed adenomas and the need for repeat colonoscopies. METHODS Separate claims source databases were analyzed to determine the costs ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Colonoscopy is the recommended screening procedure for first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), but few studies have compared its efficacy for CRC detection with that of other screening strategies. We conducted a controlled randomized trial to compare the efficacy of repeated fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) and colonoscopy in detecting advanced neopla...

OBJECTIVE Many new stool tests intended to detect neoplastic cells or cell products are developed at present for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. The aim of this study was to simulate a population-based screening setting to assess and compare the potential for early detection and prevention of CRC of screening based on stool tests with different sensitivity and specificity and of screening wi...

As a standard way for prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC), colonoscopy has been used for CRC screening in the United States for more than one decade. An article entitled "Assessing Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence of Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries Age 76 to 95 Years" recently published at the Journal of Oncology Practice reports the trends in overuse of CRC sc...