Colonoscopy reduces colorectal cancer mortality: A multicenter, long-term, colonoscopy-based cohort study.

Colonoscopy reduces colorectal cancer mortality: A multicenter, long-term, colonoscopy-based cohort study.

There are limited colonoscopy-based cohort data concerning the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer deaths. The aim of this study was to clarify whether colonoscopy reduces colorectal cancer mortality.A cohort of 18,816 patients who underwent colonoscopy without a diagnosis of...

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Main Authors: Ryota Niikura, Yoshihiro Hirata, Nobumi Suzuki, Atsuo Yamada, Yoku Hayakawa, Hirobumi Suzuki, Shinzo Yamamoto, Ryo Nakata, Junko Komatsu, Makoto Okamoto, Makoto Kodaira, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Toshiaki Watanabe, Kazuhiko Koike
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5619740?pdf=render

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