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Colorectal cancer screening: Selected issues

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This article summarizes the most important recent articles on colonoscopy as a screening tool for colorectal cancer, presenting screening outcomes and quality issues. We also refer to the first published results of CT colonography screening in the United States and cost-effectiveness analyses of this method. Also discussed are recent progress in fecal DNA testing and studies of the impact of screening on mortality and lifestyle.

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    Jaroslaw Regula

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Zagorowicz, E., Regula, J. Colorectal cancer screening: Selected issues. Curr colorectal cancer rep 4, 14–18 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11888-008-0004-3

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