Prescreening with FOBT Improves Yield and Is Cost-Effective in Colorectal Screening in the Elderly

Background. Utilization of colonoscopy for routine colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the elderly (patients over 75) is controversial. This study was designed to evaluate if using fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to select patients for colonoscopy can improve yield and be a cost- effective approach...

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Autores principales: Singhal, Shashideep, Changela, Kinesh, Basi, Puneet, Mathur, Siddharth, Reddy, Sridhar, Momeni, Mojdeh, Krishnaiah, Mahesh, Anand, Sury
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25101179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/179291

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25101179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/179291

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