Mass screening in colorectal cancer.
The results in a continuing study, using the Haemoccult slides for mass screening in colorectal cancer in asymptomatic individuals in Central Queensland, are presented. They are compared with those in a review of the incidence of the same disease treated during the years 1972 to 1976 in the same area. A discussion is undertaken to determine whether the slides test will improve the five-year survival rates in this district.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening; D009780:Occult Blood; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*