title: Screening for large bowel cancer.
abstract: Is there a need for yet another screening process to be applied in general practice with all the consequent costs in terms of materials, doctors' time and patient anxieties? What is the evidence for and against screening for colorectal cancer?
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004739:England; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate