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Sigmoidoscopy (procedure)

Known as: Proctosigmoidoscopies, Sigmoidoscopy, sigmoidoscopy procedure 
Examination of the lower colon using a sigmoidoscope, inserted into the rectum. A sigmoidoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a… 
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Broader (2)

Colon structure (body structure)Endoscopy (procedure)
Consent Type - SigmoidoscopyEducational aspectsGastrointestinal tract structureOrgan

Narrower (2)

Sigmoidoscopic Surgical Proceduresflexible sigmoidoscopy

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Despite recent declines in both incidence and mortality (1), colorectal cancer remains the second most common cause of death from… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
ASGE guideline: colorectal cancer screening and surveillance.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Colorectal cancer surveillance: 2005 update of an American Society of Clinical Oncology practice guideline.
PURPOSE To update the 2000 American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline on colorectal cancer surveillance. RECOMMENDATIONS… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Risk of perforation after colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy: a population-based study.
BACKGROUND Although the risk of bowel perforation is often cited as a major factor in the choice between colonoscopy and… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Progress in cancer screening over a decade: results of cancer screening from the 1987, 1992, and 1998 National Health Interview Surveys.
BACKGROUND Screening to detect cancer early, an increasingly important cancer control activity, cannot be effective unless it is… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cost-effectiveness model for colon cancer screening.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Methotrexate induces clinical and histologic remission in patients with refractory inflammatory bowel disease.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether methotrexate has anti-inflammatory activity in refractory inflammatory bowel disease… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Effect of sulphapyridine, 5-aminosalicylic acid, and placebo in patients with idiopathic proctitis: a study to determine the active therapeutic moiety of sulphasalazine.
Suppositories of sulphapyridine, 5-aminosalicylic acid, and placebo were used in 45 patients with idiopathic proctitis to… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Proctosigmoidoscopy and polypectomy in reducing the incidence of rectal cancer
A 25‐year study of the results of periodic proctosigmoidoscopy has been done at the University of Minnesota Cancer Detection… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A controlled therapeutic trial of long-term maintenance treatment of ulcerative colitis with sulphasalazine (Salazopyrin)
Sixty-four patients with proven ulcerative colitis who had been maintained on sulphasalazine as their sole form of treatment for… 
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