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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on June 17, 2009
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009 101(13):902-903; doi:10.1093/jnci/djp163
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Are We Getting Closer to Molecular Population Screening for Colorectal Cancer?

Gad Rennert

Affiliations of author: Clalit National Cancer Control Center and Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Correspondence to: Gad Rennert, MD, PhD, Clalit National Cancer Control Center and Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal St, Haifa 34362, Israel (e-mail: rennert@tx.technion.ac.il).

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The best methods to bring about a reduction in the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in the world have been the subject of much debate in recent years. Colorectal cancer is highly preventable through behavioral changes in diet and physical activity; still, much effort has been invested in developing efficient screening technologies for secondary prevention.

Public health theory stresses a number of requirements that must be met before screening for a disease can be initiated (1). This line of thought differs from the usual clinical situation in which symptomatic patients present themselves to the health system in search of medical help. The screening setting refers to very large populations . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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