Interval faecal occult blood testing in a colonoscopy based screening programme detects additional pathology
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Interval faecal occult blood testing in a colonoscopy based screening programme detects additional pathology.
BACKGROUND Colonoscopic based surveillance is recommended for patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer. The appropriate interval between surveillance colonoscopies remains in debate, as is the "miss rate" for colorectal cancer within such screening programmes. AIMS The main aim of this study was to determine whether a one-off interval faecal occult blood test (FOBT) facilitates the det...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.043786