Randomised controlled trial of faecal-occult-blood screening for colorectal cancer

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9040, 1996, Pages 1472-1477

  Hardcastle, Jack D ^a   Chamberlain, Jocelyn O ^b   Robinson, Michael H E ^a   Moss, Susan M ^b   Amar, Satya S ^a   Balfour, Tom W ^a   James, Peter D ^a   Mangham, Christine M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030607603     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03386-7     Document Type: Article

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