This guideline covers managing colorectal (bowel) cancer in people aged 18 and over. It aims to improve quality of life and survival for adults with colorectal cancer through management of local disease and management of secondary tumours (metastatic disease)....
Helsingen, Lise M;
Vandvik, Per Olav;
Jodal, Henriette C;
Agoritsas, Thomas;
Lytvyn, Lyubov;
Anderson, Joseph C;
Auer, Reto;
Murphy, Silje Bjerkelund;
Almadi, Majid Abdulrahman;
Corley, Douglas A;
Quinlan, Casey;
Fuchs, Jonathan M;
McKinnon, Annette;
Qaseem, Amir;
Heen, Anja Fog;
Siemieniuk, Reed A C;
Kalager, Mette;
Usher-Smith, Juliet A;
Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Iris;
Bretthauer, Michael;
Guyatt, Gordon.
Recent 15-year updates of sigmoidoscopy screening trials provide new evidence on the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening. Prompted by the new evidence, we asked: “Does colorectal cancer screening make an important difference to health outcomes in individuals initiating screening at age 50 to 7...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate benefits and harms of different colorectal cancer screening strategies, stratified by (baseline) 15-year colorectal cancer risk. DESIGN: Microsimulation modelling study using MIcrosimulation SCreening ANalysis-Colon (MISCAN-Colon).SETTING: A parallel guideline committee (BMJ Rapid ...
This guideline covers using colonoscopy to check for signs of bowel cancer in people aged 18 and over with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease (types of inflammatory bowel disease) or adenomas (also known as polyps). It aims to prevent cancer and prolong life by offering advice on identifying early b...
