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Socioeconomic variation in uptake of colonoscopy following a positive faecal occult blood test result: a retrospective analysis of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

BACKGROUND: Bowel cancer is a serious health burden and its early diagnosis improves survival. The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England screens with the Faecal Occult Blood test (FOBt), followed by colonoscopy for individuals with a positive test result. Socioeconomic inequalities have...

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Autores principales: Morris, S, Baio, G, Kendall, E, von Wagner, C, Wardle, J, Atkin, W, Halloran, S P, Handley, G, Logan, R F, Obichere, A, Rainbow, S, Smith, S, Snowball, J, Raine, R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22864455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.303