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- Title
Reasons patients with a positive fecal occult blood test result do not undergo complete diagnostic evaluation.
- Authors
Jimbo, Masahito; Myers, Ronald E; Meyer, Birgit; Hyslop, Terry; Cocroft, James; Turner, Barbara J; Weinberg, David S
- Abstract
Screening for fecal occult blood reduces colorectal cancer mortality by identifying patients with positive results for complete diagnostic evaluation (CDE). CDE rates are suboptimal, however. We sought to determine common reasons for nonperformance of a CDE as recorded by the primary care physician.
- Publication
Annals of family medicine, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
1544-1717
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1370/afm.906