bowel screening- sally Flashcards
What are the 4 key aspects of bowel screening?
- the condition
- the test
- the treatment
- the programme
What is the target population for bowel screening?
Scotland: ages 50-74
Wales: ages 51-74
England: ages 54-74
What is the screening interval for bowel screening?
every 2 years
What is the test involved in bowel screening?
FIT (since 2019)
Faecal immunochemical testing
- cut off 10microg Hb/g faeces
‘The test for bowel screening is also used in symptomatic individuals.’ True or False
True
What is part of the treatment/intervention for bowel screening?
- colonoscopy
- polypectomy
- histological processing
- pathologist examination and reporting
Describe the process of colonoscopy in bowel treatment/intervention.
A colonoscope with a camera attached is inserted up the patient’s rectum, through the large intestine (colon) and the field of view is observed through a monitor.
What could indicate abnormal colon observation.
- giant polyps
- pedunculated polyps
- flat polyps
What would the condition identified from bowel screening be?
Colorectal cancer
- 60% of CRCs arise from adenomas
- rest arise from serrated polyps
True or false
‘Adenomatous polypscan be pedunculated or sessile.’
True.
What are Adenomatous polyps?
They are neoplastic proliferationsof colonic mucosa.
Where does bowel cancer place in the most common cancers in the UK?
4th
Survival rates for bowel cancer?
one year = 78.6%
five years = 58.9%
What is the survival rate of someone with stage 4 bowel cancer?
10% for 5 years or more
