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Colorectal screening - Management
Basis for recommendation
Complications of colonoscopy
- The risk of complications from colonoscopy is based on evidence from an observational study of approximately 100,000 people 50–75 years of age undergoing colonoscopy that were representative of a colorectal screening population [Rabeneck et al, 2008].
The risk of screening causing anxiety or inappropriate reassurance
- The risk of screening causing anxiety after an abnormal screening result or inappropriate reassurance after a normal screening result has not been formally studied but is considered a significant risk in the opinion of experts [Rhodes, 2000].
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