2016Canadian Medical Association JournalOpen access

Colonoscopy as best screening test not proven

I.C. Murray

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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends testing of fecal occult blood or flexible sigmoidoscopy for patients at average risk of colon cancer.[1][1] The guideline states that there is not enough evidence for colonoscopy as a primary population-based screening test. This does not

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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends testing of fecal occult blood or flexible sigmoidoscopy for patients at average risk of colon cancer.[1][1] The guideline states that there is not enough evidence for colonoscopy as a primary population-based screening test. This does not

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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends testing of fecal occult blood or flexible sigmoidoscopy for patients at average risk of colon cancer.[1][1] The guideline states that there is not enough evidence for colonoscopy as a primary population-based screening test. This does not

Key concepts: Sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, Fecal occult blood, Medicine, Guideline, Colorectal cancer, Test (biology), Task force

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