Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy
Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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Among 88,902 participants followed over a period of 22 years in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, colon cancer mortality was reduced after screening sigmoidoscopy (hazard ratio, 0.59) and screening colonoscopy (hazard ratio, 0.32).
Randomized, controlled trials have shown that screening with flexible sigmoido...
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Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Lower Endoscopy
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3840160
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3840160
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0028-4793,1533-4406
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1533-4406
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10.1056/NEJMoa1301969
