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1439548

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
First-degree relatives (n = 206) of patients operated on for colorectal cancer (CRC) (n = 181) were offered a colonoscopic screening examination; 169 relatives (82%) attended. The findings were compared with those in a normal population sample with no CRC in first-degree relatives (n = 308), aged 50-59 years, who had been screened by means of flexible sigmoidoscopy. Three carcinomas and 176 polyps were found in 56 of 95 male relatives (57%) and 34 of 74 female relatives (46%). The adenoma prevalence rate was 37 (39%) and 26 (35%) for male and female relatives, respectively. In the 50- to 59-year age group, the adenoma prevalence rates for both sexes collectively and for women separately were significantly higher among relatives than among the population without CRC relatives. Hyperplastic polyps were larger, whereas adenomas were similar in size among relatives compared with the normal population. Colonoscopy may be a suitable method of choice for screening first-degree relatives of patients with CRC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Colonoscopic screening examination of relatives of patients with colorectal cancer. I. A comparison with an endoscopically screened normal population.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Medicine, Telemark Central Hospital, Skien, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study