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Association of ten gastrointestinal and other medical conditions with positivity to faecal occult blood testing in routine screening: a large prospective study of women in England

BACKGROUND: In 2006, the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England began offering biennial faecal occult blood testing (FOBt) at ages 60–69 years. Although FOBt is aimed at detecting colorectal neoplasms, other conditions can affect the result. In a large UK prospective study, we examined a...

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Autores principales: He, Emily, Alison, Rupert, Blanks, Roger, Pirie, Kirstin, Reeves, Gillian, Ward, Robyn L, Steele, Robert, Patnick, Julietta, Canfell, Karen, Beral, Valerie, Green, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30668711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy271