Open AccessPatient and Physician Reminders to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening
Author(s) -
Thomas D. Sequist,
Alan M. Zaslavsky,
Richard Marshall,
Robert H. Fletcher,
John Z. Ayanian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.564
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoidoscopy , fecal occult blood , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , colorectal cancer screening , randomized controlled trial , primary care physician , ambulatory , cancer screening , primary care , family medicine , cancer
Screening reduces colorectal cancer mortality, but effective screening tests remain underused. Systematic reminders to patients and physicians could increase screening rates
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