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Alan G. Thorson
Researcher at Creighton University
Publications - 80
Citations - 11144
Alan G. Thorson is an academic researcher from Creighton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colorectal cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 80 publications receiving 10718 citations. Previous affiliations of Alan G. Thorson include University of Nebraska Omaha & University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology.
Bernard Levin,David A. Lieberman,Beth McFarland,Kimberly S. Andrews,Durado Brooks,John H. Bond,Chiranjeev Dash,Francis M. Giardiello,Seth N. Glick,David W. Johnson,C. Daniel Johnson,Theodore R. Levin,Perry J. Pickhardt,Douglas K. Rex,Robert A. Smith,Alan G. Thorson,Sidney J. Winawer +16 more
TL;DR: Clinicians should be prepared to offer patients a choice between a screening test that is effective at both early cancer detection and cancer prevention through the detection and removal of polyps and those that can detect cancer early and also can detect adenomatous polyps.
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Screening and Surveillance for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Adenomatous Polyps, 2008: A Joint Guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi‐Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology*†
Bernard Levin,David A. Lieberman,Beth McFarland,Robert A. Smith,Durado Brooks,Kimberly S. Andrews,Chiranjeev Dash,Francis M. Giardiello,Seth N. Glick,Theodore R. Levin,Perry J. Pickhardt,Douglas K. Rex,Alan G. Thorson,Alan G. Thorson,Sidney J. Winawer +14 more
TL;DR: In the United States, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed among men and women and the second leading cause of death from cancer CRC largely can be prevented by the detection and removal of adenomatous polyps, and survival is significantly better when CRC is diagnosed while still localized.
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Fecal incontinence quality of life scale: Quality of life instrument for patients with fecal incontinence
Todd H Rockwood,James M. Church,James W. Fleshman,Robert L. Kane,Constantinos Mavrantonis,Alan G. Thorson,Steven D. Wexner,Donna Z. Bliss,Ann C. Lowry +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and evaluated the psychometrics of a health-related quality of life scale developed to address issues related specifically to fecal incontinence, the Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale.
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Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after polypectomy: a consensus update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer Society.
Sidney J. Winawer,Ann G. Zauber,Robert H. Fletcher,Jonathon S. Stillman,Michael J. O'Brien,Bernard Levin,Robert A. Smith,David Lieberman,Randall W. Burt,Theodore R. Levin,John H. Bond,Durado Brooks,Tim Byers,Neil Hyman,Lynne M. Kirk,Alan G. Thorson,Clifford Simmang,David W. Johnson,Douglas K. Rex +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, a careful analytic approach was designed to address all evidence available in the literature to delineate predictors of advanced pathology, both cancer and advanced adenomas, so that patients can be stratified more definitely at their baseline colonoscopy into those at lower risk or increased risk for a subsequent advanced neoplasia.
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Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence: the fecal incontinence severity index.
Todd H Rockwood,James M. Church,James W. Fleshman,Robert L. Kane,Constantinos Mavrantonis,Alan G. Thorson,Steven D. Wexner,R N Donna Bliss,Ann C. Lowry +8 more
TL;DR: The Fecal Incontinence Severity Index as discussed by the authors was developed using both colon and rectal surgeons and patient input for the specification of the weighting scores, with minor differences associated with the accidental loss of solid stool.