Screening for colorectal cancer: Comparison of perceived test burden of guaiac-based faecal occult blood test, faecal immunochemical test and flexible sigmoidoscopy

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2059-2066

  Hol, L ^a   De Jonge, V ^a   Van Leerdam, M E ^a   Van Ballegooijen, M ^a   Looman, C W N ^a   Van Vuuren, A J ^a   Reijerink, J C I Y ^c   Habbema, J D F ^a   Essink Bot, M L ^a,b   Kuipers, E J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Cancer Screening Organisation for Southwest Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden; Colorectal cancer; Faecal immunochemical test; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Guaiac based faecal occult blood test; Population based screening

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCULT BLOOD; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHAME; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 77954212972     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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