Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening

Quintero, Enrique; Castells, Antoni; Bujanda, Luís; Cubiella, Joaquín; Salas, Dolores; Lanas, Ángel; Andreu, Montserrat; Carballo, Fernando; Diego Morillas, Juan; Hernández, Cristina; Jover, Rodrigo; Montalvo, Isabel; Arenas, Juan; Laredo, Eva; Hernández, Vicent; Iglesias, Felipe; Cid, Estela; Zubizarreta, Raquel; Sala, Teresa; Ponce, Marta; Andrés, Mercedes; Teruel, Gloria; Peris, Antonio; Roncales, María-Pilar; Polo-Tomás, Mónica; Bessa, Xavier; Ferrer-Armengou, Olga; Grau, Jaume; Serradesanferm, Anna; Ono, Akiko; Cruzado, José; Pérez‐Riquelme, Francisco; Alonso‐Abreu, Inmaculada; Vega, Pablo; María Reyes-Melián, Juana; Cacho, Guillermo; Díaz-Tasende, José; Herreros de Tejada, Alberto; Povés, Carmen; Santander, Cecílio; González-Navarro, A

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1108895

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Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 22, 2012

Authors:

Enrique Quintero

Antoni Castells

Luís Bujanda

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy and fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) are accepted strategies for colorectal-cancer screening in the average-risk population. METHODS: In this randomized, controlled trial involving asymptomatic adults 50 to 69 years of age, we compared one-time colonoscopy in 26,703 subject...

Subject

Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer screening

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