Journal article
Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
To evaluate the effectiveness of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in asymptomatic adults. A search was conducted of the Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases. A targeted search of PubMed was conducted for on-topic randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Meta-analysis across 4 RCTs for guaiac fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT) and flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening showed a reduction of 18% (risk ratio [RR], 0.82; 95% CI [CI], …
Authors
Fitzpatrick-Lewis D; Ali MU; Warren R; Kenny M; Sherifali D; Raina P
Journal
Clinical Colorectal Cancer, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 298–313
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.clcc.2016.03.003
ISSN
1533-0028