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Screening
•Fecal Occult Blood Test
•Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (flex-sig)
•Colonoscopy
Screening
•Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT)
A high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (FOBT) checks for occult blood in three consecutive
stool samples.
•Limitations of FOBT
–Diet and concomitant medications may affect test results of guaiac-based
FOBT
•Colonoscopy
•The most complete screening procedure
•Examination of the entire large bowel
•Currently the preferred screening method
•Routine schedule: Every 10 years
•Double Contrast Barium enema
–Should only be used as an alternative for patients who can not undergo a colonoscopy
or colonoscopy is technically incomplete
•Computed
Tomographic
Colonography
Lack of consensus on the use of CT colonography
as a primary screening tool
•Stool DNA Test
Currently is not considered a first-line screening tool
•Tumor marker
•Not useful as a screening test – important for evaluating
response to treatment
Colon Cancer Prognostic Indicators
The stage of cancer at diagnosis is the most important
prognostic indicator for survival and recurrence
Author
mjpateluncc
ID
15462
Card Set
colorectal cancer
Description
hemo-onco
Updated
2010-04-21T03:52:51Z
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