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Long-Term Prediction of the Demand of Colonoscopies Generated by a Population-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the long-term need for colonoscopies after a positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and post-polypectomy surveillance in the context of a population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program. METHODS: A discrete-event simulation model was built to reproduce the process...

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Autores principales: Comas, Mercè, Mendivil, Joan, Andreu, Montserrat, Hernández, Cristina, Castells, Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27732635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164666