Academic Articles & Research Papers

Opportunistic Upper Endoscopy at the Time of Screening Colonoscopy: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Patient Perspectives.

Rural-Urban and Appalachian Disparities in Geographic Access to Colonoscopy and Screening Prevalence Across the Contiguous US.

Which scoring systems are useful for predicting the prognosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding? Old and new

Abstract Background The incidence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is on the rise, prompting the creation of various scoring systems to forecast patient’s outcomes. But there is no single unified scoring system and these scoring systems c...

The Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in the Basque Country: obtaining a good performance by means of professional collaboration

Introduction: The Basque Health Service approved the Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening programme in 2008; targeted at residents (50 to 69 years old) estimated 598,201 by biennial faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and colonoscopy in positive ...

Colonoscopy Quality and Strategies for Improvement

Colonoscopy plays a pivotal role in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and reduces CRC incidence and mortality. Its effectiveness depends on colonoscopist performance, which can vary. Missed lesions during colonoscopy can lead to post-colono...