Current status and future challenge of population-based organized colorectal cancer screening: Lesson from the first decade of Taiwanese program

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Taiwan, and is the third leading cause of cancer-related death. Screening has been proven the most effective way to reduce CRC mortality, and stool-based screening is currently the most popular method of screening worldwide. In 2004, Taiwanese gov...

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Main Authors: Ying-Wei Wang, Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Ming-Shiang Wu, Han-Mo Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664617305375