Stool Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening
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Multitarget Stool DNA Testing for Colorectal-Cancer Screening
From the Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute, the Simon Cancer Center, and the Center for Innovation at Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center — all in Indianapolis (T.F.I.); the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (D.F.R.); the Dr...
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Colorectal-cancer screening in the United States is a success story. The American Cancer Society recently reported that rates of death from colorectal cancer are down by 46% from their peak.1 There is good evidence that screening efforts have played an important role in the trend.2 However, work remains to be done, since approximately one third of Americans report not being current with screeni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.05.045