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Colorectal Cancer
PUBLISHED: 2008 REVISED:

 

TOPIC: 
Cancer Screening
Cancer Prevention
SCOPE: 
Screening recomemndations for low, average, moderate, and high risk patients

ABSTRACT: This guideline was developed in partnership with the Alberta Cancer Board and provides recommendations for the stratificaiton of risk levels and for the use of different screening modalities

TARGET POPULATION: Average risk patients aged 50+ with no symptoms and no personal or family history that increases their risk level

Selective populations who due to medical history (i.e., HNPCC, FAP, IBD, or previous colorectal cancer) are at elevated risk for colorectal cancer

EXCLUSIONS: None

Guideline: Colorectal Screening

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
Working Group
Family physicians
General surgeon
Radiologist
GI
Community medicine
Representatives from TOP and the ACB