Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy

Nishihara, Reiko; Wu, Kana; Lochhead, Paul; Morikawa, Teppei; Liao, Xiaoyun; Rong Qian, Zhi; Inamura, Kentaro; A. Kim, Sun; Kuchiba, Aya; Yamauchi, Mai; Imamura, Yu; C. Willett, Walter; Rosner, Bernard; S. Fuchs, Charles; L. Giovannucci, Edward; Ogino, Shuji; T. Chan, Andrew

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1301969

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Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 18, 2013

Authors:

Reiko Nishihara

Kana Wu

Paul Lochhead

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy provide protection against colorectal cancer, but the magnitude and duration of protection, particularly against cancer of the proximal colon, remain uncertain. METHODS: We examined the association of the use of lower endoscopy (updated biennially from 1988 ...

Subject

Sigmoidoscopy

Medicine

Colonoscopy

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