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Title Colorectal cancer screening / Joseph C. Anderson, Charles J. Kahi, Editors
Published New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Clinical gastroenterology
Clinical gastroenterology (Series)
Contents Colorectal Cancer Pathways -- Risk Factors and Screening for Colorectal Cancer -- Hereditary Adenomatous Colorectal Cancer Syndromes -- Screening and Surveillance Guidelines -- Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening: Patient, Physician, and System Factors -- Screening for Colorectal Cancer Using Colonoscopy -- New Colonoscopic Technologies for Colorectal Cancer Screening -- Screening for CRC Using CT Colonography -- Noninvasive Screening Tests -- Removal of Difficult Colon Polyps -- Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly -- Chemoprevention
Summary Colorectal Cancer Screening provides a complete overview of colorectal cancer screening, from epidemiology and molecular abnormalities, to the latest screening techniques such as stool DNA and FIT, Computerized Tomography (CT) Colonography, High Definition Colonoscopes and Narrow Band Imaging. As the text is devoted entirely to CRC screening, it features many facts, principles, guidelines and figures related to screening in an easy access format. This volume provides a complete guide to colorectal cancer screening which will be informative to the subspecialist as well as the primary care practitioner. It represents the only text that provides this up to date information about a subject that is continually changing. For the primary practitioner, information on the guidelines for screening as well as increasing patient participation is presentedd. For the subspecialist, information regarding the latest imaging techniques as well as flat adenomas and chromoendoscopy are covered. The section on the molecular changes in CRC will appeal to both groups. The text includes up to date information about colorectal screening that encompasses the entire spectrum of the topic and features photographs of polyps as well as diagrams of the morphology of polyps as well as photographs of CT colonography images. Algorithms are presented for all the suggested guidelines. Chapters are devoted to patient participation in screening and risk factors as well as new imaging technology. This useful volume explains the rationale behind screening for CRC. In addition, it covers the different screening options as well as the performance characteristics, when available in the literature, for each test. This volume will be used by the sub specialists who perform screening tests as well as primary care practitioners who refer patients to be screened for colorectal cancer
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
spijsverteringsstelsel
digestive system
chirurgie
surgery
karteldarm
colon
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
Rectum -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms -- prevention & control
Colonoscopy -- methods
Colonography, Computed Tomographic -- methods
Mass Screening
Médecine.
Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
Rectum -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
Form Electronic book
Author Anderson, Joseph C.
Kahi, Charles J
ISBN 9781607613985
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