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One-time
colonoscopy detects ~25% more advanced lesions (polyps > 10 mm, villous
adenomas, adenomatous polyps with high-grade dysplasia, invasive cancer)
than one-time FOBT with sigmoidoscopy. Colonoscopy is well suited to
screening subjects at high risk, such as those with ulcerative colitis or
family predisposition. Perforation rates are 3/1000 for colonoscopy and
1/1000 for sigmoidoscopy. Debate continues on whether colonoscopy is too
expensive and invasive for widespread use as a screening tool in
standard-risk populations. DRE and barium enema are both insensitive as
screening tools.
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