- Abstract:
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Background: Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in the Western world. The human and financial costs of this disease have prompted considerable research efforts to evaluate the ability of screening tests to detect the cancer at an early curable stage. Tests that have been considered for population screening include variants of the faecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer (CRC) may be achi...
Expand abstract - Journal:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Issue:
- 1
- Publication date:
- 2007-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1469-493X
- URN:
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uuid:ee922d62-5208-487a-92dd-a482366c28b8
- Source identifiers:
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215763
- Local pid:
- pubs:215763
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2007
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Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult
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