Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: More Than a Unilateral Breast Exam?

  • Review
  • Published:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Joseph DA, King JB, Miller JW, Richardson LC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of colorectal cancer screening among adults—behavioral factor surveillance system, United States, 2010. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012;61:51–56.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Steele CB, Rim SH, Joseph DA, et al. Colorectal cancer incidence and screening—United States, 2008 and 2010. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62:53–60.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Levin B, Lieberman DA, McFarland B, et al. American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Advisory Group; US Multi-Society Task Force; American College of Radiology Colon Cancer Committee. Gastroenterology. 2008;5:1570–1595.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. U.S. Preventative Services Task Force Screening for Colorectal Cancer. U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Int Med. 2008;149:627–637.

  5. Rex, DK, Johnson, DA., Anderson, JC, Schoenfeld, PS, Burke CA., Inadomi JM. American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2008. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009;104:739–750.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Sung JJY, Chan FKL, Chiu HM, et al. An updated Asia Pacific consensus recommendations on colorectal cancer screening. Gut. 2015;64:121–132.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Atkin WS, Edwards R, Kraj-Hans I, et al. Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer. Lancet. 2010;37:1624–1633.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Schoen RE, Pinsky PF, Weissfeld JL, et al. Colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:2345–2357.

    Article  PubMed Central  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Segnan N, Amaroli P, Bonelli L, et al. Once-only sigmoidoscopy in colorectal cancer screening: follow-up findings of the Italian Randomized Controlled Trial-SCORE. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011;103:1310–1322.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Holme O, Loberg M, Kalager M, et al. Effect of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. A randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014;312:606–615.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Podolsky DK. Going the distance—the case for true colorectal-cancer screening. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:207–208.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Imperiale TF, Wagner DJ, Lin CY, et al. Risk of advanced proximal neoplasms in asymptomatic adults according to distal colorectal findings. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:169–174.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Lieberman DA, Weiss DG, Bond JH, et al. Use of colonoscopy to screen asymptomatic adults for colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:162–168.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Pollitz K, Lucia K, Keith K, et al. Coverage of Colonoscopies Under the Affordable Care Act’s Prevention Benefit. Available at www.kkk.org, www.cancer.org, and www.nnnrt.org.

  15. Surveillance E. End Results Program. SEER Stat Fact Sheets: Colon and Rectum Cancer: Centers for Disease Control; 2014 [cited 2014]. Available from: http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/colorect.html.

  16. Kudo S. Early Colorectal Cancer. Tokyo: Igaku-Shoin; 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Soetikno RM, Kaltenbach T, Rouse RV, et al. Prevalence of nonpolypoid (flat and depressed) colorectal neoplasm in asymptomatic and symptomatic adults. JAMA. 2008;299:1027–1035.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Grady D. Easily Overlooked Lesions Tied to Colon Cancer. New York Times; 2008.

  19. Crockett SD, Snover DC, Ahnen DJ, Baron JA. Sessile serrated adenomas: an evidence-based guide to management. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015;13:11–26.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Zauber AG, Winawer SJ, O’Brien MJ, et al. Colonoscopic polypectomy and long-term prevention of colorectal-cancer deaths. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:687–696.

    Article  PubMed Central  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Lakoff J, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Rabeneck L. Risk of developing proximal versus distal colorectal cancer after a negative colonoscopy: a population based study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;6:1117–1121.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, et al. Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:1–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Rabeneck L, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Stukel TA. Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortality. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010;105:1627–1632.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, Volker A, et al. Protection from right-and left-sided colorectal neoplasms after colonoscopy: population-based study. JNCI. 2010;102:89–95.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Stock C, Knudsen AB, Lansdorp-Vogelaar L, et al. Colorectal cancer mortality prevented by use and attributable to colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011;73:435–443.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Singh H, Nugent Z, Demers AA, et al. The reduction in colorectal cancer mortality after colonoscopy varies by site of cancer. Gastroenterology. 2010;139:1128–1137.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Kahi CJ, Imperiale TF, Juliar BE, Rex DK. Effect of screening colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. Clin Gastroenterol. 2009;7:770–775.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflict of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1466, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Robert S. Bresalier

Authors
  1. Robert S. Bresalier
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Robert S. Bresalier.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Bresalier, R.S. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: More Than a Unilateral Breast Exam?. Dig Dis Sci 60, 634–638 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-015-3610-3

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-015-3610-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation