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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access published online on July 29, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, doi:10.1093/jnci/djn285
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Fecal Occult Blood Testing: Best Option for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Asia?

Sharan Prakash Sharma

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Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) is the most cost-effective method of colorectal cancer screening in at least some Asian countries, according to a new study from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The study, which compared FOBT to two other screening methods, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy, highlights the increasing concern about colorectal cancer in a region where incidence of the disease has risen markedly in the past few decades. Colorectal cancer is now the second most common malignancy in many Asian countries, and in some places the incidence, distribution, and mortality rates of the disease are similar to those of the West. This increase may be due to rapidly changing lifestyles and diets. Forthcoming new regional guidelines on colorectal cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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