TY  - CHAP
AU  - Samuel N. Adler
AU  - Cesare Hassan
ED  - Marco Bustamante
Y1  - 2013-02-13
PY  - 2013
T1  - Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Quo Vadis?
N2  - Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents a major public health problem worldwide. Fortunately most CRCs originate from a precursor lesion, the adenoma, which is accessible and removable. This is the rationale for CRC screening programs, which are aimed to diagnose CRC at an early stage or even better to detect and resect the advanced adenoma before CRC has developed. In this background colonoscopy emerges as the main tool to achieve these goals with recent evidence supporting its role in CRC prevention. This book deals with several topics to be faced when implementing a CRC screening program. The interested reader will learn about the rationale and challenges of implementing such a program, the management of the detected lesions, the prevention of complications of colonoscopy, and finally the use of other screening modalities that are emerging as valuable alternatives. The relevance of the topics covered in it and the updated evidence included by the authors turn this book into a very useful tool to introduce the reader in this amazing and evolving field.
BT  - Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Screening
SP  - Ch. 11
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/53055
DO  - 10.5772/53055
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-18
ER  -