Improving Fecal Occult Blood Testing Compliance Using a Mailed Educational Reminder

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Randomized controlled trials have shown that annual screening fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) reduces CRC mortality and incidence. However, patient compliance with FOBT is low. OBJECTIVE...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jeffrey K., Reis, Veronica, Liu, Shanglei, Conn, Lorraine, Groessl, Erik J., Ganiats, Theodore G., Ho, Samuel B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19774423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-1087-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19774423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-1087-5

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