| Title |
Participation and detection rates by age and sex for colonoscopy versus fecal immunochemical testing in colorectal cancer screening
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cancer Causes & Control, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10552-014-0398-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dolores Salas, Mercedes Vanaclocha, Josefa Ibáñez, Ana Molina-Barceló, Vicente Hernández, Joaquín Cubiella, Raquel Zubizarreta, Montserrat Andreu, Cristina Hernández, Francisco Pérez-Riquelme, José Cruzado, Fernando Carballo, Luis Bujanda, Cristina Sarasqueta, Isabel Portillo, Mariola de la Vega-Prieto, Juan Diego Morillas, Vicente Valentín, Ángel Lanas, Enrique Quintero, Antoni Castells |
| Abstract |
To compare two strategies for colorectal cancer screening: one-time colonoscopy versus fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) (and colonoscopy for positive) every 2 years, in order to determine which strategy provides the highest participation and detection rates in groups of sex and age. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 87 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 21 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 46% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 17 | 19% |