Screening sigmoidoscopy and colorectal cancer mortality.
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Summary
Screening sigmoidoscopy can substantially reduce mortality from cancers of the rectum and distal colon, and neither fecal occult blood testing nor digital rectal examination was associated with a reduction in colorectal cancer mortality.
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- 1992-10-21
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Keywords
Sigmoidoscopy, Medicine, Colorectal cancer, Fecal occult blood, Odds ratio
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