Name: Colorectal Cancer Screening with Biennial Fecal Occult-Blood Testing - Journal Watch (General)

Description: A landmark 1993 randomized trial from the University of Minnesota showed that annual fecal occult-blood testing reduced mortality from colorectal cancer by 33 percent at 13 yearscompared with controls. (see *JW* Jun 1 1993. . . Source to screening every *two* yearscolorectal cancer mortality was reduced only by

Category: Blood Cancer Colorectal Fecal Occult Testing

Url: http://general-medicine.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/1999/326/1

Date: Oct 7, 2005

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