The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the role of colonoscopy for diagnostic evaluation of colorectal cancer (CRC) after a presumed diagnosis of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis and on the role of pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, a...
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...
Wolf, Andrew M. D;
Fontham, Elizabeth T. H;
Church, Timothy R;
Flowers, Christopher R;
Guerra, Carmen E;
LaMonte, Samuel J;
Etzioni, Ruth;
McKenna, Matthew T;
Oeffinger, Kevin C;
Shih, Ya-Chen Tina;
Walter, Louise C;
Andrews, Kimberly S;
Brawley, Otis W;
Brooks, Durado;
Fedewa, Stacey A;
Manassaram-Baptiste, Deana;
Siege, Rebecca L;
Wender, Richard C;
Smith, Robert A.
In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed among adults and the second leading cause of death from cancer. For this guideline update, the American Cancer Society (ACS) used an existing systematic evidence review of the CRC screening literature and microsimula...
van Hooft, J. E;
van Halsema, E. E;
Vanbiervliet, G;
Beets-Tan, R. G;
DeWitt, J. M;
Donnellan, F;
Dumonceau, J. M;
Glynne-Jones, R. G;
Hassan, C;
Jiménez-Perez, J;
Meisner, S;
Muthusamy, V. R;
Parker, M. C;
Regimbeau, J. M;
Sabbagh, C;
Sagar, J;
Tanis, P. J;
Vandervoort, J;
Webster, G. J;
Manes, G;
Barthet, M. A;
Repici, A.
This Guideline is an official statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE). This Guideline was also reviewed and endorsed by the Governing Board of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation ...
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...
