RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Colorectal cancer screening lacks evidence of benefit
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 545
OP 554
VO 74
IS 8
A1 Moayyedi, Paul
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/8/545.abstract
AB Although some studies indicate that screening with fecal occult blood testing or colonoscopy prevents deaths from colorectal cancer, the benefits may be offset by more deaths from other causes. Whether this phenomenon is due to anxiety, test bias, or merely chance, more evidence is needed; widespread screening in the general population is premature.