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| Sidney WinawerSummaryAffiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Country: USA Publications
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The multidisciplinary management of gastrointestinal cancer. Colorectal cancer screeningSidney J Winawer
Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1275 York Avenue, Box 90, New York, NY 10021, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 21:1031-48. 2007..However, screening rates are low and many barriers are present that need to be overcome in order to make a major global impact on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality...- A comparison of colonoscopy and double-contrast barium enema for surveillance after polypectomy. National Polyp Study Work GroupS J Winawer
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
N Engl J Med 342:1766-72. 2000..After patients have undergone colonoscopic polypectomy, it is uncertain whether colonoscopic examination or a barium enema is the better method of surveillance... - Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after polypectomy: a consensus update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer SocietySidney J Winawer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Gastroenterology 130:1872-85. 2006..It has been shown that the first screening colonoscopy and polypectomy produces the greatest effects on reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer in patients with adenomatous polyps... 
Cascade colorectal cancer screening guidelines: a global conceptual modelSidney J Winawer
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 45:297-300. 2011..Various tests can be reordered within the framework of this model. The cascade concept says, "do what you can with what you have," rather than, "do it this way or no way."..- Screening of colorectal cancerSidney J Winawer
Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 14:699-722. 2005..Screening may become even more successful if the promise of new technologies is confirmed and they enter clinical practice. In the last analysis, the best test is the one that gets done and gets done immediately... - Gastric cancer: Worldwide burden and prevention opportunitiesSidney J Winawer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Chin J Dig Dis 6:107-9. 2005..The putative factors are better understood today, and control of these factors, together with screening can help prevent this cancer from becoming an increasing burden to society... - Report of the International Digestive Disease Alliance, New Orleans 2004--in collaboration with the OMED Colorectal Cancer Screening CommitteeS J Winawer
Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 13:457-9. 2004 - The advanced adenoma as the primary target of screeningSidney J Winawer
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 12:1-9, v. 2002.... - Screening of colorectal cancer: progress and problemsSidney J Winawer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
Recent Results Cancer Res 166:231-44. 2005..Colorectal cancer screening is cost-effective and could save many lives each year if it were widely implemented... - Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after polypectomy: a consensus update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer SocietySidney J Winawer
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 56:143-59; quiz 184-5. 2006..It has been shown that the first screening colonoscopy and polypectomy produces the greatest effects on reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer in patients with adenomatous polyps... - National Polyp Study data: evidence for regression of adenomasFranka Loeve
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Cancer 111:633-9. 2004..This lowers the expectations for the effects of colorectal cancer screening strategies that focus on adenoma detection... - Should we shorten or lengthen postpolypectomy surveillance intervals?Douglas K Rex
Ann Intern Med 149:360; author reply 360-1. 2008 - Colonoscopy surveillance after polypectomy and colorectal cancer resectionDurado D Brooks
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am Fam Physician 77:995-1002. 2008.... - Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of RadiologyBernard Levin
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Gastroenterology 134:1570-95. 2008..It is the strong opinion of these 3 organizations that colon cancer prevention should be the primary goal of screening... - Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of RadiologyBernard Levin
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 58:130-60. 2008..It is the strong opinion of these 3 organizations that colon cancer prevention should be the primary goal of screening... - Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after cancer resection: a consensus update by the American Cancer Society and US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal CancerDouglas K Rex
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 56:160-7; quiz 185-6. 2006.... - Guidelines for colonoscopy surveillance after cancer resection: a consensus update by the American Cancer Society and the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal CancerDouglas K Rex
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Gastroenterology 130:1865-71. 2006.... - Flat adenomas in the National Polyp Study: is there increased risk for high-grade dysplasia initially or during surveillance?Michael J O'Brien
Department of Pathology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2:905-11. 2004..Sessile adenomas from the National Polyp Study cohort were reclassified histopathologically as flat or polypoid and compared with initial and surveillance pathology... - Screening sigmoidoscopy: can the road to colonoscopy be less traveled?Sidney J Winawer
Ann Intern Med 139:1034-5. 2003 - High-quality colonoscopies must be an integral part of screening and surveillance programsAnn G Zauber
Gastroenterology 130:620-1; author reply 621-2. 2006 - Colorectal Cancer Screening Clinical Practice GuidelinesBernard Levin
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 4:384-420. 2006 - Prospects for the worldwide control of colorectal cancer through screeningPaul Rozen
Gastrointest Endosc 55:755-9. 2002 
Improving colorectal cancer screening in primary care practice: innovative strategies and future directionsCarrie N Klabunde
Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1195-205. 2007..Active engagement and support of practices are essential for the enormous potential of CRC screening to be realized...- The achievements, impact, and future of the National Polyp StudySidney J Winawer
Gastrointest Endosc 64:975-8. 2006 - Choice of fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening: recommendations based on performance characteristics in population studies: a WHO (World Health Organization) and OMED (World Organization for Digestive Endoscopy) reportGraeme P Young
Department of Medicine Gastroenterology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Am J Gastroenterol 97:2499-507. 2002..Various FOBTs are now available with a wide range of evidence supporting their use. The purpose of this study was to review published data on the performance of these FOBTs to provide recommendations for their effective use in screening... - How much can current interventions reduce colorectal cancer mortality in the U.S.? Mortality projections for scenarios of risk-factor modification, screening, and treatmentIris Vogelaar
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cancer 107:1624-33. 2006..This study assessed the potential reduction in CRC mortality that may be achieved through further dissemination of current interventions for risk-factor modification, screening, and treatment... - On finding flat adenomas: is the search worth the gain?Ann G Zauber
Gastroenterology 122:839-40. 2002
Research Grants
- SCREENING COLONOSCOPY FEASIBILITY TRAILSidney Winawer; Fiscal Year: 2001..More precise planning of the larger randomized larger trial of once in a lifetime screening colonoscopy can follow completion of the feasibility study. ..
- SCREENING COLONOSCOPY FEASIBILITY TRIALSidney Winawer; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results of this study will have major implications in prioritizing national guidelines and in clarifying financial and clinical resources and manpower issues. ..