This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (25)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Garland W. Yarborough, MD; Burton A. Waisbren, Sr, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1985;145(1):95-96.

Abstract
• We used the flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscope (FFS) on 656 subjects who were receiving their yearly physical examinations. Neoplastic disease was disclosed by the FFS in 138 subjects (21%), including 26 adenocarcinomas, 19 of which were out of reach of a rigid sigmoidoscope. Nineteen of the subjects whose adenocarcinomas were found by the FFS had barium enemas, which detected the carcinomas in only 11. Routine FFS in asymptomatic persons is helpful in detecting both premalignant and malignant lesions, it should be seriously considered as a part of regular preventive physical examinations.

(Arch Intern Med 1985;145:95-96)

Author Affiliations
From the First Stop Medical Clinic (Dr Yarborough) and the Waisbren Clinic (Dr Waisbren), Milwaukee.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 11,1984.

Reprint requests to First Stop Medical Clinic, 8500 W Capitol Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53222 (Dr Yarborough).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Detection and Surveillance of Colorectal Cancer
Fleischer et al.
JAMA 1989;261:580-585.
ABSTRACT  

The Role of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy in the Preoperative Screening of Patients With Inguinal Hernia: A High Yield of Neoplasms
Rubin et al.
Arch Surg 1987;122:296-299.
ABSTRACT  

High Incidence of Carcinoma
Zinner
Arch Intern Med 1985;145:1744-1744.
ABSTRACT