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Is screening colonoscopy more effective than annual FOBT in improving morbidity and mortality for colon cancer screening in adults?. Issue 3 (March 2015)
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Journal Article
Title:
Is screening colonoscopy more effective than annual FOBT in improving morbidity and mortality for colon cancer screening in adults?. Issue 3 (March 2015)
Main Title:
Is screening colonoscopy more effective than annual FOBT in improving morbidity and mortality for colon cancer screening in adults?
Abstract : Evidence‐Based Answer : Colonoscopy and fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) have been associated with reduced cancer‐specific mortality (SOR B : for colonoscopy, prospective cohort; SOR A : for FOBT, Cochrane review of RCTs) but there are no head‐to‐head comparative mortality data. Colonoscopy and FOBT have comparable detection rates for colorectal cancer (CRC) at 10 years, although colonoscopy identifies more adenomas and has higher complication rates (SOR B : RCTs).