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Age-specific sequence of colorectal cancer screening options in Germany: A model-based critical evaluation

BACKGROUND: The current organized screening program for colorectal cancer in Germany offers both sexes 5 annual fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) between ages 50 and 54 years, followed by a first screening colonoscopy at age 55 years if all of these FITs were negative. We sought to assess the implic...

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Autores principales: Heisser, Thomas, Weigl, Korbinian, Hoffmeister, Michael, Brenner, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7367446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003194