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The Impact of Transitioning From Guaiac-Fecal Occult Blood Testing to Fecal Immunochemical Testing in a Canadian Colon Cancer Screening Program

OBJECTIVES: To determine the impact of transitioning from guaiac-based fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT) to fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) on the detection rate of adenomas, advanced adenomas (AA) and colorectal cancer (CRC). BACKGROUND: Recently, the health region in Edmonton, Alberta switched...

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Autores principales: Sultanian, Richard, Du, Lillian, Moysey, Barbara, Morse, Amy, Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Sander, Montano-Loza, Aldo J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7338847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwz009