Laura C. Seeff

TL;DR: This year's report includes trends in colorectal cancer incidence and death rates and highlights the use of microsimulation modeling as a tool for interpreting past trends and projecting future trends to assist in cancer control planning and policy decisions.

TL;DR: The authors searched electronic health records at Kaiser-Permanente of Northern California for patients who died or who had complications due to colonoscopy within 30 days of the procedure, relying on the automated data of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, an integrated health care delivery system to evaluate practice patterns.

TL;DR: The estimates of the national capacity to provide colorectal cancer screening to all eligible persons in the United States and the potential maximum number of lower endoscopic procedures performed are considered.

TL;DR: A need exists for continued efforts to educate the public about CRC and the important role of screening in preventing this disease and practice-based strategies to systematically prompt health care providers to discuss CRC screening with eligible patients are required.

TL;DR: The capacity exists for widespread screening with fecal occult blood testing and the capacity for screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy depends on the proportion of available capacity used for colorectal cancer screening.