Validity of immunological faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer: A follow up study

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-65

  Nakama, Hidenori ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Immuno logical faecal occult blood testing; Mass screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030339771     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139600300203     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Nakama H. A study on the efficacy of a screening program for colorectal cancer in a small Japanese village. Clin Investig 1994;72:117-21.
2. Saito H, Soma Y, Koeda J, et al. Reduction in risk of mortality from colorectal cancer by fecal occult blood screening with immunochemical hemagglutination test. A case-control study, Int J Cancer 1995;61:465-9.