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Bowel Cancer
Studies from K.E. Nnoaham et al have provided new data on bowel cancer
October 14th, 2008
"Bowel cancer screening using faecal occult blood testing and colonoscopy is currently being rolled out across U.K.. Guidelines recommend that people identified by colonoscopy as having intermediate- or high-risk bowel polyps be offered periodic surveillance colonoscopy because of their elevated risk of bowel cancer," scientists in Oxford, the United Kingdom report. "We make projections of the likely year-on-year increase in volumes and spending on colonoscopy due to the screening and surveillance programmes. We constructed a model based on current bowel cancer screening and surveillance guidelines using screening outcome measures taken from the second round of the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-14)
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