BACKGROUND: @entity14 ( @entity14 ) is the third most common incident @entity5 and the second most fatal @entity5 in Canada. @entity8364 ( @entity8364 ) is one of the modalities under consideration for @entity14 screening. The present series reports on a screening program of @entity8364 performed by nonphysician endoscopists in a Canadian community setting, with video review of procedures by physicians and recommendation of follow-up colonoscopy where @entity1127 are identified. RESULTS: Five hundred twenty-five, average-risk, asymptomatic @entity1 were examined. After exclusion of inappropriate referrals, 488 remained for analysis. The duration and extent of examination were comparable with those of previous studies elsewhere. Compliance with suggested follow-up was 97.3%. @entity1127 were identified at @entity8364 in 15.4% of examinees. In 8.2% of @entity1 , the @entity1127 were @entity5 at subsequent histology. Four malignant lesions were detected, all at an early stage. There were no complications of @entity8364 . INTERPRETATION: This report shows that @entity8364 can be carried out safely and effectively by nonphysician personnel in a community setting in Canada. The manpower cost for nonphysician operators is considerably less than that for specialist physician endoscopists. This approach deserves consideration in cost effectiveness analyses of @entity14 screening.

XXXX screening: video-reviewed flexible sigmoidoscopy by nurse endoscopists--a Canadian community-based perspective.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1127 :: ('MESH:D011127', 'Disease') :: ['polyps', 'Polyps'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['neoplastic', 'cancer'] @entity8364 :: ('MESH:D002375', 'Disease') :: ['FS', 'Flexible sigmoidoscopy'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['Colorectal cancer', 'CRC']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['Colorectal cancer']
