Does fecal occult blood testing really reduce mortality? A reanalysis of systematic review data

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 380-384

  Moayyedi, Paul ^a   Achkar, Edgar ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644923226     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00537.x     Document Type: Review

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