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Lack of Adherence to Guidelines on Follow-Up Colonoscopy after an Abnormal Stool Occult Blood Test

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The data that support the findings of this study are not openly available due to reasons of sensitivity and protection of participant privacy. An anonymized version may be made available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Data are located in controlled access data storage at the Providence VA Medical Center.

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  1. The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode, Island

    Kanika Malani

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode, Island

    Yousef Elfanagely & Kittichai Promrat

  3. Section of Gastroenterology, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode, Island

    Kittichai Promrat

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Conceptualization: Kanika Malani; Data curation: Kanika Malani; Formal Analysis: Kanika Malani; Funding acquisition: N/A; Investigation: Kanika Malani; Methodology: Kanika Malani; Project administration: Kanika Malani; Resources: N/A; Software: N/A; Supervision: Kittichai Promrat, Yousef Elfanagely; Validation: Kanika Malani; Visualization: Kanika Malani; Writing – original draft: Kanika Malani; Writing – review & editing: Kanika Malani, Kittichai Promrat, Yousef Elfanagely.

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Malani, K., Elfanagely, Y. & Promrat, K. Lack of Adherence to Guidelines on Follow-Up Colonoscopy after an Abnormal Stool Occult Blood Test. J Gastrointest Canc (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-024-01039-1

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