Variation in Adenoma Detection Rate and the Lifetime Benefits and Cost of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Author(s) -
Reinier Meester,
Chyke A. Doubeni,
Iris LansdorpVogelaar,
Christopher D. Jensen,
Miriam P. van der Meulen,
Theodore R. Levin,
Virginia P. Quinn,
Joanne E. Schottinger,
Ann G. Zauber,
Douglas A. Corley,
Marjolein van Ballegooijen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2015.6251
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , incidence (geometry) , adenoma , colorectal cancer screening , confidence interval , cancer , demography , physics , sociology , optics
Colonoscopy is the most commonly used colorectal cancer screening test in the United States. Its quality, as measured by adenoma detection rates (ADRs), varies widely among physicians, with unknown consequences for the cost and benefits of screening programs.
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