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Colorectal cancer screening: ensuring benefits outweigh the risks
Author(s) -
Rosenfeld Emma L,
Duggan Anne E
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - officer , citation , new england , medicine , management , library science , family medicine , political science , law , computer science , politics , economics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 18 February 2008 188 4 196-197 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2008 www.mja.com.au Editorials written on the recall letter, the other mentioned fear tion. Neither woman had cancer. These findings e importance of education, rapid outpatient review an prompt access to colonoscopy to avoid delay in positive FOBT result. FOBT-based screening studies report distress amo with negative and positive results, and breast and col The psychological downsides, equity of access for women, and patients’ understanding of the limitations of screening need consideration