Lack of Follow-up After Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Older Adults
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Long-term outcomes following positive fecal occult blood test results in older adults: benefits and burdens.
BACKGROUND In the United States, older adults have low rates of follow-up colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) result. The long-term outcomes of these real world practices and their associated benefits and burdens are unknown. METHODS Longitudinal cohort study of 212 patients 70 years or older with a positive FOBT result at 4 Veteran Affairs (VA) facilities in 2001 and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.372