Screening for colon cancer: is the fecal occult blood test worthwhile?
Although fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has long been considered the simplest and best screening test for colon cancer, up to 60% of results are false-negative and up to 30% are false-positive. The authors question the validity of a test that can so easily be affected by sampling errors, diet, an...
| Published in: | Consultant (00107069) Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 19 - 24 |
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| Format: | pictorial Journal Article |
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HMP Global
1991 Jul
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