Colon Cancer
Study findings from Erasmus University provide new insights into colon cancer
Published in Blood Weekly, July 8th, 2010
Scientists discuss in 'Screening for colorectal cancer: randomised trial comparing guaiac-based and immunochemical faecal occult blood testing and flexible sigmoidoscopy' new findings in colon cancer. "Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is widely accepted, but there is no consensus on the preferred strategy. We conducted a randomised trial comparing participation and detection rates (DR) per screenee of guaiac-based faecal occult blood test (gFOBT), immunochemical FOBT (FIT), and flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) for CRC screening," scientists in Netherlands report.
"A representative sample of the Dutch population (n=15 011), aged 50-74 years, was 1:1:1 randomised prior to...
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