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Review: colorectal cancer screening with the faecal occult blood test reduced colorectal cancer mortality

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.4.112

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    Hewitson P, Glasziou P, Irwig L, et al. Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;(1):CD001216.OpenUrlPubMed

    Q Does using the faecal occult blood test to screen for colorectal cancer reduce colorectal cancer mortality?

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    Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, PsycINFO, AMED, SIGLE, HMIC, and Cochrane Library (to Feb 2006); reference lists; and study investigators.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared screening for colorectal cancer in adults using repeated faecal occult blood tests (guiac or immunochemical) with no screening. 4 RCTs were included (age 45–75 y, length of follow-up 8.5–18.4 y). Quality of study methods was …

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    • For correspondence: MrP Hewitson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. paul.hewitson{at}dphpc.ox.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: Cancer Research UK.