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Systematic Reviews on the Risk Factors and Diagnosis of Bowel Cancer
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence about the risk factors and diagnosis of bowel cancer
Reviewed January 2012
7 Resources Found
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| Title: | Different types of energy source surgical instruments used in key-hole bowel surgery |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Having a laparoscopic (key-hole) approach in surgery to remove a section of a diseased bowel, either caused from a benign or cancerous lesion is becoming increasingly common. There are three kinds of surgical instruments available for this procedure; th... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Regular screening of faeces for blood can detect colorectal cancer earlier and hence may reduce mortality in populations at risk, such as older patients. The screening test used in these trials to detect colorectal (bowel) cancer was the faecal occult b... |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Daily intake of 1 gr dietary calcium may have moderate protective effect on development of colorectal adenomatous polyps |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There have been suggestions, based on observational studies and on laboratory markers, that dietary calcium may protect against colorectal cancer. This systematic review of the literature identified two well conducted randomised placebo-controlled inter... |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Open versus laparoscopic approach to pouch surgery in patients with ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis showed no significant differences in mortality and complications, but the laparoscopic approach resulted in better cosmesis. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Resection of the entire colon and creation of an ileal pouch by means of an ileo pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is a last resort for many patients with ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. In recent years this operation has increasingly... |
| Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Title: | This systematic review focuses on long-term outcome of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer, including long-term complications and cancer outcome. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Laparoscopic resection of carcinoma of the colon is associated with a long term outcome no different from that of open colectomy. In the case of rectal cancer, data on long term outcome are scarce and the results of large randomised trails have to be aw... |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | For patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent, intensive follow up is associated with improved all-cause survival. However, from the randomised trials completed and reported to date, it is not clear what constitutes the optimal follow... |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Title: | Strategies for detecting colon cancer and/or dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis and colonic Crohn's disease have an increased risk of colorectal cancer compared with the general population. This review shows that there is no conclusive evidence that surveillance colonoscopy prolongs su... |
| Date: | Jan 2006 |
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