Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy
Author(s) -
Reiko Nishihara,
Kana Wu,
Paul Lochhead,
Teppei Morikawa,
Xiaoyun Liao,
Zhi Rong Qian,
Kentaro Inamura,
Sun A. Kim,
Aya Kuchiba,
Mai Yamauchi,
Yu Imamura,
Walter C. Willett,
Bernard Rosner,
Charles S. Fuchs,
Edward L. Giovannucci,
Shuji Ogino,
Andrew T. Chan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1301969
Subject(s) - sigmoidoscopy , medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , endoscopy , gastroenterology , cancer , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , optics , physics
Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy provide protection against colorectal cancer, but the magnitude and duration of protection, particularly against cancer of the proximal colon, remain uncertain.
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