Fecal DNA versus fecal occult blood for colorectal-cancer screening in an average-risk population

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 2704-2714

  Imperiale, Thomas F ^a,f   Ransohoff, David F ^b   Itzkowitz, Steven H ^c   Turnbull, Barry A ^d   Ross, Michael E ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Care Stat   (United States)

^e Part of Exact Sciences Corporation   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPLASIA; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10844281210     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa033403     Document Type: Article

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