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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, doi:10.1093/jnci/djm166
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Which Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Is Best?

Jack S. Mandel

Correspondence to: Jack S. Mandel, PhD/MPH, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322 (e-mail: jsmande@emory.edu).

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The benefit of colorectal cancer screening using a test for blood in stool (Hemoccult) was established in 1993 (1). Subsequently, this result was corroborated in two other randomized controlled trials, leading to recommendations in many countries for colorectal cancer screening (2,3). In the United States, the current recommendations include a number of screening tests in addition to Hemoccult, but other than Hemoccult none of the tests have been proven to be effective through a randomized controlled trial. However, it can be assumed that all are effective to some extent, given what is known about these tests . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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