Compliance to company based colorectal cancer screening in Germany using fecal immunochemical test (FIT) - Results of Almost Half a Million FIT tests
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Implementation of population screening for colorectal cancer by repeated Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT): third round
BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Europe with a mortality rate of almost 50%. The prognosis of patients is largely determined by the clinical and pathological stage at the time of diagnosis. Population screening has been shown to reduce CRC-related mortality rate. Most screening programs worldwide rely on fecal immunochemical testing (FIT). The effectiveness of a F...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal Of Colon And Rectal Cancer
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2471-7061
DOI: 10.14302/issn.2471-7061.jcrc-17-1624