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Colorectal Cancer
Study recommends colonoscopy as screening method for average-risk women
July 7th, 2005
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends colonoscopy as the screening method of choice for women at average risk of developing colorectal cancer. "Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperative Study 380 showed that some advanced colorectal neoplasias (i.e., adenomas at least 1 cm in diameter, villous adenomas, adenomas with high-grade dysplasia, or cancer) in men would be missed with the use of flexible sigmoidoscopy but detected by colonoscopy. In a tandem study, we examined the yield of screening colonoscopy in women," said P. Schoenfeld and colleagues at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "To...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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