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Acceptance of Colonoscopy Requires more than Test Tolerance

Author(s) -

Amanda Condon,

Lesley A. Graff,

Lawrence Elliot,

Alexandra Ilnyckyj

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2008/107467

Subject(s) - colonoscopy , test (biology) , medicine , computer science , reliability engineering , medical physics , colorectal cancer , engineering , biology , cancer , paleontology

Colon cancer screening, including colonoscopy, lags behind other forms of cancer screening for participation rates. The intrinsic nature of the endoscopic procedure may be an important barrier that limits patients from finding this test acceptable and affects willingness to undergo screening. With colon cancer screening programs emerging in Canada, test characteristics and their impact on acceptance warrant consideration.

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