Uptake and positive predictive value of fecal occult blood tests: A randomized controlled trial
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A randomized trial of direct mailing of fecal occult blood tests to increase colorectal cancer screening.
BACKGROUND Although colorectal cancer screening by using a fecal occult blood test (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or barium enema x-ray reduces the incidence of and death from colorectal cancer, the rate of colorectal cancer screening in the general population is low. We conducted a randomized trial consisting of direct mailing of FOBT kits to increase colorectal cancer screening ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.032