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Outpatient screening for gastrointestinal lesions using guaiac-impregnated slides

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A study of international cancer risk differences provided an opportunity to evaluate the Greegor test on an outpatient basis. 1,539 Japanese-American men performed the test, which identifies blood in feces through the use of guaiac-impregnated slides. Subjects having occult blood were asked to repeat the procedure on a meat-free, high-bulk diet. Four asymptomatic cancers were among 25 gastrointestinal lesions subsequently identified in individuals with positive, restricted-diet guaiac tests. In three of the four cancer cases, only weakly positive guaiac reactions were found.

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  1. Stephen M. Peskoe MD

    Present address: the Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

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  1. Japan-Hawaii Cancer Study (National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health), 347 North Kuakini Street, 96817, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Gary A. Glober MD & Stephen M. Peskoe MD

  2. the Honolulu Heart Study (National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health), Honolulu, Hawaii

    Gary A. Glober MD & Stephen M. Peskoe MD

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Supported by Contracts Number NCI-E-71-2170 and NHLI-65-1003-C.

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Glober, G.A., Peskoe, S.M. Outpatient screening for gastrointestinal lesions using guaiac-impregnated slides. Digest Dis Sci 19, 399–403 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01255602

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