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- Title
Effect of faecal occult blood screening on mortality from colorectal cancer: results from a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Scholefield, J H; Moss, S; Sufi, F; Mangham, C M; Hardcastle, J D
- Abstract
Three large randomised trials have shown that screening for colorectal cancer using faecal occult blood (FOB) tests can reduce the mortality from this disease. Two national pilot studies have recently been launched in the UK to investigate the feasibility of population screening for colorectal cancer in the National Health Service. The largest of the randomised trials was conducted in Nottingham and randomised 152 850 individuals between the ages of 45 and 74 years to receive biennial Haemoccult (FOB) test kit (intervention group) or to a control group.
- Publication
Gut, 2002, Vol 50, Issue 6, p840
- ISSN
0017-5749
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/gut.50.6.840