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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
8 Suppl
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-11-9
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Persons with symptoms or signs suggestive of colorectal cancer require complete exam of the large bowel either by sigmoidoscopy, preferably flexible, with barium enema, or by total colonoscopy. A test for fecal occult blood (FOBT) is not necessary here. In asymptomatic persons at average risk for colorectal cancer, the following screening recommendations are made: from age 40, annual digital rectal exam and FOBT; and, from age 50, sigmoidoscopy, preferably flexible, every 3 to 5 years after two negative annual exams. If there is a family history of colorectal cancer in one or more first-degree relatives, annual digital rectal exam and FOBT should begin at age 40, with either barium enema and sigmoidoscopy or total colonoscopy every 3 to 5 years. Persons with a history of chronic ulcerative colitis, polyposis syndromes, or prior colorectal adenomas or cancer merit special attention.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0008-543X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
15
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| pubmed:volume |
62
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1787-90
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1988
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Early cancer detection. Colorectal cancer.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
New York Hospital--Cornell University Medical College, Department of Surgery, NY 10021.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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