Uri Ladabaum
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Proximal and distal colorectal cancer resection rates in the United States since widespread screening by colonoscopy.
Gastroenterology. 2012; (5): 1227-36
Screening decreases colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. Colonoscopy has become the most common CRC screening test in the United States, but the degree to which it protects against CRC of the proximal colon is unclear. We examined US trends in rates of resection for proximal vs distal CRC, which reflect CRC incidence, in the context of national CRC screening data, before and since Medicare's 2001 decision to pay for screening colonoscopy.
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