Screening for colorectal cancer.
In this study, testing the faeces for occult blood with the Haemoccult test was well accepted by patients. Although this helped to identify those patients whose symptoms needed investigation and led to quicker diagnosis of colorectal neoplasia, the pathological staging was not improved.
Armitage
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Hardcastle
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009780:Occult Blood; D011859:Radiography