Experience of using Colon View test in colorectal cancer screening program for liquidators of Chernobyl accident’s consequences

Abstract

The dynamics of morbidity and mortality from colorectal cancer in our country, as well as throughout the world, tends to increase. In the structure of cancer incidence in men, colorectal cancer takes the third place. The presented data on monitoring the health status of liquidators confirm the need to organize colorectal cancer screening among this category of individuals. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of CRR screening based on the Colon View fecal test among male Chernobyl accident liquidators aged over 50 years. The screening in 2019 involved 122 liquidators of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident aged 50 to 83 years (average age 65.7 years). All the liquidators surveyed were residents of Saint Petersburg and Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad region. All liquidators were tested for fecal occult blood using the FIT Colon View method (BIOHIT, Finland). Preliminary results of colorectal cancer screening have already given their results during the first stage. Colon cancer was diagnosed at an early stage in 2 out of 23 patients with a Positive fecal Colon View test. False positive Colon View results not related to bleeding were found in only two patients. The paper presents a colon pathology verified during screening.