Capsule colonoscopy increases uptake of colorectal cancer screening.

Stefan Groth; Horst Krause; Rainer Behrendt; Helge Hill; Michael Börner; Murat Bastürk; Nora Plathner; Friedrich Schütte; Ulrich Gauger; Jürgen Ferdinand Riemann; Lutz Altenhofen; Thomas Rösch

doi:10.1186/1471-230X-12-80

Capsule colonoscopy increases uptake of colorectal cancer screening.

Stefan Groth
Horst Krause
Rainer Behrendt
Helge Hill
Michael Börner
Murat Bastürk
Nora Plathner
Friedrich Schütte
Ulrich Gauger
Jürgen Ferdinand Riemann
Lutz Altenhofen
Thomas Rösch

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Department for Interdisciplinary Endoscopy

Abstract

Screening colonoscopy effectiveness is hampered by limited adherence by the general population. The present prospective study was performed to evaluate whether adding capsule colonoscopy to the endoscopic screening options increases uptake.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
ISSN	1471-230X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-80
Publication status	Published - 2012

pubmed	22734948