Low Use Of Medical Check-Ups For Intestinal Cancer

Only 20% of persons aged over 55 use colonoscopies for early detection of cancer, even though the statutory health insurance funds have covered the costs since 2002. This was shown by an analysis of the Bavarian Colonoscopy Database published in the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105(24): 434-40). http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/pdf.

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Filed under: Colorectal Cancer on July 4th, 2008