Thousands of bowel cancer cases missed due to ‘unacceptable’ testing failures Thousands of bowel cancer cases are being missed due to “unacceptable” testing failures, research in the BMJ shows.
The UK research found that some providers carrying out colonoscopies were three times as likely as others not to spot signs of disease.
At the worst units, almost one in ten cases which turned out to be bowel cancer were not picked up during the tests, the study led by the University of Leeds found. The Daily Telegraph
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The UK research found that some providers carrying out colonoscopies were three times as likely as others not to spot signs of disease.
At the worst units, almost one in ten cases which turned out to be bowel cancer were not picked up during the tests, the study led by the University of Leeds found. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- Unacceptable variation in screening colonoscopy (open access editorial) The BMJ
- Variation in post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer across colonoscopy providers in English National Health Service: population based cohort study (open access) The BMJ
- Outcomes at follow-up of negative colonoscopy in average risk population: systematic review and meta-analysis (open access) The BMJ
- Private bowel cancer checks are 'less accurate' than tests carried out on the NHS, study suggests The Daily Mail
- Colorectal cancer rates after colonoscopies too varied OnMedica
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