Journal article
Single‐visit screening and treatment of first‐degree relatives
Abstract
A pilot study has been carried out to evaluate three aspects of screening of first-degree relatives of patients with colon cancer in four Hamilton hospitals; yield of adenomas, feasibility of a one-visit approach to screening and treatment, and compliance. Protocol included flexible sigmoidoscopy after full bowel preparation, followed immediately by either therapeutic colonoscopy or diagnostic barium enema, depending on the flexible …
Authors
Stevenson GW; Hernandez C
Journal
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 1120–1124
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 1991
DOI
10.1007/bf02050075
ISSN
0012-3706