Colorectal Cancer Screening

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anderson, MD, Joseph (Editor), Kahi, MD, Charles (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Clinical Gastroenterology
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Rectum > Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Colorectal Cancer Screening provides a complete overview of colorectal cancer screening, from epidemiology and molecular abnormalities, to the latest screening techniques such as stool DNA and FIT, Computerized Tomography (CT) Colonography, High Definition Colonoscopes and Narrow Band Imaging. As th...

Table of Contents:

• Colorectal Cancer Pathways
• Risk Factors and Screening for CRC
• Hereditary Adenomatous Colorectal Cancer Syndromes
• Screening and Surveillance Guidelines
• Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening: Patient, Physician, and System Factor
• Screening for CRC Using Colonoscopy.- New Technology for Screening CRC.- Screening for CRC using CT Colonography
• Noninvasive Screening Tests
• Removal of Difficult Colon Polyps
• Screening for CRC in the Elderly
• Chemoprevention.      .