Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 1 , Pages 96-102 , January 2007

Rates of New or Missed Colorectal Cancers After Colonoscopy and Their Risk Factors: A Population-Based Analysis

  • Brian Bressler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
    • ,
  • Lawrence F. Paszat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto
    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
    • ,
  • Zhongliang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
    • ,
  • Deanna M. Rothwell

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
    • ,
  • Chris Vinden

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
    • Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • ,
  • Linda Rabeneck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
    • Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto
    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Linda Rabeneck, MD, MPH, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room T2-025, Toronto ON M4N 3M5, Canada. fax: (416) 480-5804.
    • L.R. is a senior investigator with the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario.

Received 3 January 2006 ,Accepted 5 October 2006.

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PII: S0016-5085(06)02261-X

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.027

Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 1 , Pages 96-102 , January 2007

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