Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study

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The effect of fecal occult-blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer

This is a structured summary of a research study originally published in 1993 in the New England Journal of Medicine [1]. This page is under development; please see the discussion of this page for details

The results of the is study after 18 years of follow-up have been published [2].

References

  1. Mandel J, Bond J, Church T, Snover D, Bradley G, Schuman L, Ederer F (1993). "Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer by screening for fecal occult blood. Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study". N Engl J Med 328 (19): 1365-71. PMID 8474513. "
  2. Mandel J, Church T, Bond J, Ederer F, Geisser M, Mongin S, Snover D, Schuman L (2000). "The effect of fecal occult-blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer". N Engl J Med 343 (22): 1603-7. PMID 11096167.