Skip Navigation

Annals of Oncology 2007 18(9):1518-1522; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm200
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Related articles in Ann Oncol
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (2)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ruthotto, F
Right arrow Articles by Greten, T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ruthotto, F
Right arrow Articles by Greten, T.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology

gastrointestinal tumors

Participation in screening colonoscopy in first-degree relatives from patients with colorectal cancer

F Ruthotto1, F Papendorf2, G Wegener2, G Unger3, B Dlugosch3, F Korangy1, MP Manns1 and TF Greten1,*

1 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
2 Cancer Center, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
3 Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Niedersachsen, Hannover, Germany

* Correspondence to: Prof. T. F. Greten, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. Tel: 49-511-532 8941; Fax: 49-511-532 8945; E-mail: greten.tim{at}mh-hannover.de

Background: Current guidelines recommend screening colonoscopy in first-degree relatives of patients with colon cancer. The aim of this state-wide study was to investigate the compliance for colonoscopic in first-degree relatives, who were younger than 60 years of age.

Methods: A total of 602 patients were identified from the tumor registry of the public health insurance of Lower Saxony. A questionnaire was sent to these patients, which included a number of different questions regarding their knowledge about the risk of colon cancer for their family members, as well as their participation in screening colonoscopy.

Results: Data from 442 patients and their first-degree relatives (1005 siblings and 354 parents) were available; 178 parents had undergone screening colonoscopy and 344 siblings. Interestingly, the percentage of siblings who underwent screening colonoscopy was significantly higher (27%) among those siblings where the index patients were aware of the increased risk for the first-degree relatives, in contrast to the siblings of the index patients who were not aware of this risk (20%).

Conclusion: This study demonstrates that only a minority of first-degree relatives undergo screening colonoscopy and that informing patients about the potential risk for their relatives will increase participation in screening colonoscopy in first-degree relatives of the patients.

Key words: colon cancer, colonoscopy, family history, screening

Received for publication February 16, 2007. Revision received April 14, 2007. Accepted for publication April 17, 2007.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?

Related articles in Ann Oncol:

In this issue

Ann Oncol 2007 18: 1427. [Extract] [FREE Full Text]  





Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.