Colorectal screening program in Sopron – Preliminary results

Introduction: Colorectal carcinoma is the second most common tumor in women after breast cancer and the third most common in men after prostate and bronchial cancer. In Hungary, 5000 deaths occur annually due to this disease. Purpose: Our aim was to accomplish a regional colorectal screening campaign, and to compare the collected colonoscopic data with findings of colonoscopic examinations made in conventional indication. Patients and methods: A colorectal screening campaign was started in the second half of 2013: gastroenterologically asymptomatic, voluntary patients aged between 50 and 70 from the practices of…