National Guideline Clearinghouse | American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2008.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2008.

Guideline Title

American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2008.

 

 

Bibliographic Source(s)

Rex DK, Johnson DA, Anderson JC, Schoenfeld PS, Burke CA, Inadomi JM, American College of Gastroenterology. American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2008. Am J Gastroenterol 2009 Mar;104(3):739-50. [133 references] PubMed

 

 

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar;104(3):739-50. Epub 2009 Feb 24.

American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for colorectal cancer screening 2009 [corrected].

Rex DK, Johnson DA, Anderson JC, Schoenfeld PS, Burke CA, Inadomi JM; American College of Gastroenterology.

Source

Indiana University Medical Center, IU Hospital, Indianapolis 46202, USA. drex@iupui.edu

Erratum in

• Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jun;104(6):1613.

Abstract

This document is the first update of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations since 2000. The CRC screening tests are now grouped into cancer prevention tests and cancer detection tests. Colonoscopy every 10 years, beginning at age 50, remains the preferred CRC screening strategy. It is recognized that colonoscopy is not available in every clinical setting because of economic limitations. It is also realized that not all eligible persons are willing to undergo colonoscopy for screening purposes. In these cases, patients should be offered an alternative CRC prevention test (flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5-10 years, or a computed tomography (CT) colonography every 5 years) or a cancer detection test (fecal immunochemical test for blood, FIT).

Comment in

• Colorectal cancer guidance is self-serving. [Am J Gastroenterol. 2009]
• Are split bowel preparation regimens practical for morning colonoscopies? Implications of the new american college of gastroenterology colon cancer screening guidelines for real-world clinical practice. [Am J Gastroenterol. 2009]
• American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening 2008. [Am J Gastroenterol. 2009]

PMID:

19240699

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