Competition in Colon Cancer Screening? What is the Role of Colonoscopy? | Zendy

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Competition in Colon Cancer Screening? What is the Role of Colonoscopy?

Author(s) -

Arthur Hoffman,

Daniel Teubner,

Ralf Kießlich

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

visceral medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2297-475X

pISSN - 2297-4725

DOI - 10.1159/000358445

Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , capsule endoscopy , gold standard (test) , cancer , adenoma , endoscopy , colorectal cancer screening , general surgery , radiology , paleontology , biology

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in the Western world. The incidence could be reduced if this cancer were to be diagnosed at an early stage of disease. A competition has started between the existing screening methods to be the most efficient in detecting premalignant conditions. This review illustrates the current state of screening techniques for CRC.

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