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Screening for colorectal cancer. Issues for primary care physicians
1Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Primary Care
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
Fecal occult blood testing, proctosigmoidoscopy, and digital rectal examination have been recommended as screening tests for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic people. This article evaluates the advisability of recommendations by applying accepted principles of screening to the case of colorectal cancer.