Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Screening for Fecal Occult Blood

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Annual fecal occult-blood testing with rehydration of the samples decreased the 13-year cumulative mortality from colorectal cancer by 33 percent.

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 328, Issue 19, pp. 1365-1371

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