Question 53 (part 2) · LEK · Colorectal cancer
The gold standard in colorectal cancer prevention and screening is:
- A. regular faecal occult blood tests.
- B. sigmoidoscopy.
- C. rectoscopy.
- D. colonoscopy.
- E. CT.
Hint
Pick the test that visualises the whole colon and also allows removal of precancerous lesions in the same session.
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