A comparison of three stool tests for colorectal cancer screening.

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  • Beverly Greenwald
چکیده

The annual guaiac or immunochemical fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is one of the five colorectal cancer (CRC) screening regimens recommended by the American Cancer Society (Smith, Cokkinides, & Eyre, 2005). Stool-based deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing for CRC is considered a promising technology (Smith, Cokkinides, & Eyre, 2003). Numerous features of three noninvasive stool tests for CRC are compared.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses

دوره 14 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005