Prevalence of Screening in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Ontario

Chelsea Taylor; Susan E Schultz; Lawrence F Paszat; Susan Bondy; Linda Rabeneck

doi:10.1155/2007/230420

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2007)

Prevalence of Screening in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Ontario

Chelsea Taylor,
Susan E Schultz,
Lawrence F Paszat,
Susan Bondy,
Linda Rabeneck

Affiliations

Chelsea Taylor: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Susan E Schultz: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lawrence F Paszat: Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
Susan Bondy: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Linda Rabeneck: Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/230420
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 12
pp. 805 – 808

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: The primary objective was to determine the proportion of individuals with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Ontario in whom the cancer was screen detected. The secondary objectives were to determine the cancer stage at diagnosis and the indications for the procedure in patients who received their first colonoscopy.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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