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Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): a survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the UK. Five-year survival rates are less than 50%, largely because of late diagnosis. Screening using faecal occult blood tests (FOBt) can detect bowel cancer at an earlier stage than symptomatic presentation, and has the potent...

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Autores principales: Damery, Sarah, Clifford, Sue, Wilson, Sue
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-11-20