Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality with Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Author(s) -
Robert E. Schoen,
Paul F. Pinsky,
Joel L. Weissfeld,
Lance Yokochi,
Timothy R. Church,
Adeyinka O. Laiyemo,
Robert S. Bresalier,
Gerald L. Andriole,
Saundra S. Buys,
E. David Crawford,
Mo. Fouad,
Claudine Isaacs,
Christine Cole Johnson,
Douglas J. Reding,
Barbara O’Brien,
Danielle M. Carrick,
Patrick Wright,
Thomas L. Riley,
Mark P. Purdue,
Grant Izmirlian,
Barnett S. Kramer,
Anthony B. Miller,
John K. Gohagan,
Philip C. Prorok,
Christine D. Berg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1114635
Subject(s) - sigmoidoscopy , medicine , colorectal cancer , incidence (geometry) , relative risk , confidence interval , cancer , colonoscopy , rectum , surgery , gastroenterology , physics , optics
The benefits of endoscopic testing for colorectal-cancer screening are uncertain. We evaluated the effect of screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy on colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality.
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