© 2000 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 20, 1691-1692,
October 18, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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Re: Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Affiliations of authors: F. Loeve, R. Boer, J. D. F. Habbema, Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; M. L. Brown, Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Correspondence to: Franka Loeve, M.S., Department of Public Health (iMGZ), Medical Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: loeve@mgz.fgg.eur.nl).
In an earlier issue of the Journal, we showed that sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer might result in net cost savings under expert-based assumptions (1). Although savings start to exceed costs after 22 years, it takes about 45 years for
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