References
If you would like to read some of the original research, go to your favourite search engine (eg www.google.co.uk) and type in ‘PubMed’. This will take you to the US National Library of Medicine, which hosts a free version of the medical database ‘Medline’. Type in the surname of the first author AND a keyword, from the title and you should be able to find the article of interest. (NB: Not all journal articles are available in their complete form free of charge).
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Hardcastle, J., J. Chamberlain, et al. (1996). "Randomised controlled trial of faecal-occult blood screening for colorectal cancer." Lancet 348(November 30): 1472-77. |
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Mandel, J., T. Church, et al. (1999). "Colorectal Cancer Mortality: Effectiveness of Biennial Screening for Faecal Occult Blood." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 91(5): 434-437 |
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Mandel, J., T. Church, et al. (2000). "The effect of faecal occult-blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer." NEJM 343(22): 1603-7. |
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Kronborg, O., C. Fenger, et al. (1996). "Randomised study of screening for colorectal cancer with faecal-occult-blood test." Lancet 348: 1467-1471. |
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Hardcastle J, Chamberlain J, Robinson M, Moss S, Amar S, Balfour T, et al. Randomised controlled trial of faecal-occult blood screening for colorectal cancer. Lancet 1996;348(November 30):1472-77. |
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Kronborg O, Fenger C, Olsen J, Jorgensen O, Sondergaard O. Randomised study of screening for colorectal cancer with faecal-occult-blood test. Lancet 1996;348:1467-1471. |
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Kronborg, O., O. Jorgensen, et al. (2004). "Randomized study of biennial screening with a faecal occult blood test: Results after nine screening rounds." Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 9: 846-851. |
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Scholefield, J., S. Moss, et al. (2002). "Effect of faecal occult blood screening on mortality from colorectal cancer: results from a randomised controlled trial." Gut 50: 840-844. |
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Moss, S., J. Hardcastle, et al. (1999). "Interval cancers in a randomized controlled trial of screening for colorectal cancer using a faecal occult blood test." International Journal of Epidemiology 28: 386-390. |
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Towler, B., L. Irwig, et al. (1998). "Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult (Cochrane Review)." The Cochrane Library(3). |
Colonoscopy studies
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Kim HS, Kim TI, Kim WH, Kim YH, Kim HJ, Yang SK, Myung SJ, Byeon JS, Lee MS, Chung IK, Jung SA, Jen YT, Choi JH, Choi KY, Choi H, Han DS, Song JS. Risk factors for immediate post-polypectomy bleeding of the colon: A multicentre study. America Journal of Gastroenterology. 2006;101:1333-1341 |
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Rex DK, Petrini JL, Baron TH, Chak A, Cohen J, Deal SE, Hoffman B, Jacobsen BC, Mergener K, Petersen BT, Safdi MA, Faigel DO, Pike IM. Quality Indicators for colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2006 63(4):S16-S28 |
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Iqbal CW, Chun YS, Farley DR. Colonoscopic perforations: A retrospective review. J Gastrointestinal Surgery 2005;9:1229-1246 |
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UK Colorectal Cancer Screening Group. Results of the first round of a demonstration pilot of screening for colorectal cancer in the United Kingdom. BMJ 2004; 329:133-137 |
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Bressler, B, Paszat, LF, Vinden C, Li C, He Jingsong, Rabeneck L. Colonoscopic Miss Rates for Right-Sided Colon Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis. Gastroenterology 2004; 127: 452-456 |
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Pickhardt PJ, Nugent PA, Myskiwec PA, Choi R, Schindler WR. Location of adenomas missed by optical colonoscopy. Annals of Internal Medicine 2004;141:352-359. |
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Bowles CJA, Leicester R, Romaya C, Swarbrick E, Williams CB, Epstein O. A prospective study of colonoscopy practice in the UK today: are we adequately prepared for national colorectal cancer screening tomorrow? Gut 2004;53:277-283 |
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Wexner SD, Garbus JE, Singh JJ. A prospective analysis of 13,580 colonoscopies. Surgical Endoscopies 2001; 15:251-261 |
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Robinson MHE, Hardcastle JD, Moss SM, Amar SS, Chamberlain JO, Armitage NCN, Scholefield JH, Mangham CM. The risks of screening: data from the Nottingam randomised controlled trial of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer. Gut199945(4)588-592 |
fob test studies
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Young GP, St John JB, Winawer SJ, Rozen P. Choice of Faecal Occult Blood Tests for Colorectal cancer Screening: Recommendations Based on Performance Characteristics in population Studies. A WHO (World Health Organisation) and OMED (World Organisation for Digestive Endoscopy) Report. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2002:97(10) 2499-2507. |
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Allison, J., M. Tekawa, et al. (1996). "A comparison of faecal occult-blood test for colorectal cancer screening." NEJM 334: 155-9. |
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Rozen, P., J. Knaani, et al. (2000). "Comparative screening with a sensitive guaiac and specific immunochemical occult blood test in an endoscopic study." Cancer 89: 45-52. |
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Levin, B., K. Hess, et al. (1997). "Screening for colorectal cancer: a comparison of 3 faecal occult blood tests." Archives of Internal Medicine 157(9): 970-7. |
fob test studies
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