Harms, benefits and costs of fecal immunochemical testing versus guaiac fecal occult blood testing f...
Harms, benefits and costs of fecal immunochemical testing versus guaiac fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The ColonCancerCheck screening program for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Ontario, Canada, is considering switching from biennial guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) screening between age 50-74 years to the more sensitive, but also less specific fecal immunochemical test (FIT). The aim of this study is to estimate whether the additional benefits of...
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Harms, benefits and costs of fecal immunochemical testing versus guaiac fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1877791486
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1877791486
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0172864
