Prescreening with FOBT Improves Yield and Is Cost-Effective in Colorectal Screening in the Elderly

Background. Utilization of colonoscopy for routine colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the elderly (patients over 75) is controversial. This study was designed to evaluate if using fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to select patients for colonoscopy can improve yield and be a cost- effective approach...

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Main Authors: Singhal, Shashideep, Changela, Kinesh, Basi, Puneet, Mathur, Siddharth, Reddy, Sridhar, Momeni, Mojdeh, Krishnaiah, Mahesh, Anand, Sury
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Clinical Study
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004063/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25101179
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/179291
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