POPULATION BASED COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: COMPARISON OF TWO FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTS

POPULATION BASED COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: COMPARISON OF TWO FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTS

Background: The aim of screening for colorectal cancer is to improve prognosis by the detection of cancer at its early stages. In order to inform the decision on the specific test to be used in the population-based programme in the Basque Autonomous Region (Spain), we compared two immunochemical fae...

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Main Authors: Miren Begoña eZubero, Eunate eArana-Arri, José Ignacio ePijoan, Isabel ePortillo, Isabel eIdigoras, Antonio eLopez-Urrutia, Ana eSamper, Begoña eUranga, Carmen eRodriguez, Luis eBujanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
colorectal cancer
Health Impact Assessment
IMMUNOCHEMICAL FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST
POPULATION SECREENING
COLORRECTAL CANCER
HEALTH OUTCOMES RESEARCH
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2013.00175/full

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