Colonoscopy in Asymptomatic Individuals With a Family History of Colorectal Cancer

Increased risk of adenomas in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer: results of a meta-analysis

“…Twelve colonoscopy studies reporting the proportion of individuals with adenomas by age remained [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. One additional study that met the inclusion criteria was identified by searching the reference list of the articles obtained by the database search [26].…”

“…2a. Generally, the adenoma prevalence increases with age, except for some studies with small sample sizes [15,17,18,26]. Sauar and Tung both invited individuals via a FDR diagnosed with CRC.…”

The Changing Distribution of Colorectal Cancer in Barbados: 1985-2004

“…An assessment of the changes in the anatomic distribution of colorectal cancer incidence in Barbados will have a significant implication for the role of a national screening program in sporadic cases in which our group has previously shown high incidence on colonoscopy of polyp disease in asymptomatic firstdegree relatives of index colorectal cancer cases. 9 This study was designed to provide a temporal epidemiologic assessment of the changing trends in colorectal cancer in Barbados with regard to site, age, gender, and emergency vs. elective presentation during the 20-year period from 1985 to 2004.…”

Estudio endoscópico en familiares de primer grado de pacientes operados por cáncer colorrectal

“…En este estudio se diagnosticaron neoplasias en 17% de los individuos estudiados, resultado que es comparable con otras experiencias similares cuyas tasas de detección varían entre 10% y 25%, Tabla 4 [10][11][12][13][14] . Considerando el alza en la mortalidad por esta patología en nuestro país, creemos que el hallazgo de neoplasias observadas en este estudio, permite recomendar a los médicos de atención primaria la indicación de estudio a la población con antecedentes de familiares de primer grado con cáncer colorrectal.…”