Significance of total colonoscopy screening before definitive radiotherapy for prostate cancer on the detection of anorectocolonic disease requiring intervention in advance

Int J Urol. 2018 Feb;25(2):166-168. doi: 10.1111/iju.13494. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

Authors

Masahiro Nakano¹, Hiroshi Araki², Kazuhiro Ohtakara³, Hidekazu Tanaka⁴, Koji Iinuma¹, Takashi Deguchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
² Department of Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
³ Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.

PMID: 29171089
DOI: 10.1111/iju.13494

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asymptomatic Diseases / epidemiology
Asymptomatic Diseases / therapy
Colonic Polyps / diagnostic imaging*
Colonic Polyps / epidemiology
Colonic Polyps / surgery
Colonoscopy*
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery
Comorbidity
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Hemorrhoids / diagnostic imaging*
Hemorrhoids / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / methods
Middle Aged
Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Retrospective Studies