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Colorectal Cancer
"Colorectal Cancer Mass-Screening: Estimation of Faecal Occult Blood Test Sensitivity, Taking into Account Cancer Mean Sojourn Time."
November 24th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Cancer, "Mass screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBT) can reduce mortality from colorectal cancer. Reliable estimation of FOBT sensitivity is crucial in assessing the potential effectiveness of a mass-screening procedure. Available estimates could be inaccurate because they neglect the temporal aspect of screening. The aim of our study was to estimate the sensitivity of the FOBT in mass screening for colorectal cancer, taking into account the duration of the pre-clinical phase of the disease assessed by the mean sojourn time (MST), and to assess whether MST and FOBT sensitivity differ...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-11-24)
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