Colorectal cancer screening in asymptomaic adults: comparison of colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and fecal occult blood tests. - Concepedia

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Colorectal cancer screening in asymptomaic adults: comparison of colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and fecal occult blood tests.

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2002

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Tsun-I Cheng, Jau‐Min Wong, Cheng-Fang Hong, Skye Hongiun Cheng, Tsun‐Jen Cheng, Ming‐Jium Shieh, Yue-Mong Lin, Clarke Tso., Andrew T. Huang

Abstract

Colonoscopy can detect neoplastic lesions undetectable by FOBT and sigmoidoscopy in asymptomatic subjects. These results suggest that colonoscopy should be the method of choice in colon cancer screening.