2008
DOI: 10.4314/sagr.v6i1.30745
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Colorectal cancer screening: World Gastroenterology Organisation/International Digestive Cancer Alliance Practice Guidelines

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“…Guidance on surveillance was deemed to be important by the editors and authors because surveillance on an inappropriate scale has the potential to expose patients to unnecessary risks and to prohibit implementation of nationwide CRC screening programmes because of unnecessary consumption of limited colonoscopy resources; see also [45,67].…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Guidance on surveillance was deemed to be important by the editors and authors because surveillance on an inappropriate scale has the potential to expose patients to unnecessary risks and to prohibit implementation of nationwide CRC screening programmes because of unnecessary consumption of limited colonoscopy resources; see also [45,67].…”
Section: Author Manuscriptmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A number of internationally recognized guidelines and recommendations for best practice in CRC screening have been published elsewhere in recent years [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. Numerous screening programmes, or scientific societies in their respective countries, have developed or recommended evidence-based guidelines and standards dealing with key elements of the screening process; see for example [53][54][55][56][57].…”
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“…Colonoscopy is the most important diagnostic tool and an effective method for colorectal cancer screening because of its high accuracy in detecting initial cancerous lesions, and its use has decreased colorectal cancer incidence [17] . The quality of colonoscopy is determined by the ability of the clinician to examine the entire mucosa in the colon and to complete the examination within an optimum time.…”
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“…45,46 World Gastroenterology Organization recommends guidelines for colon cancer and precancerous colon lesions, namely: (1) screening test with a stool test, the fecal occult blood test and fecal DNA; (2) screening test with endoscopy/colonoscopy and CT colonography. 47 …”
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confidence: 99%