Safe investigation of isolated change in bowel habit with a flexible sigmoidoscopy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: There is a higher than expected risk that if a cancer is diagnosed in a patient presenting with either an isolated change in bowel habit or a combination of change in bowel habit with rectal bleeding, the cancer may be right sided.
PMID: 30855983 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - March 10, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Herrod P, Boyd-Carson H, Doleman B, Blackwell J, Hardy E, Harper F, Lund JN Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research