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SUBMITTER: Chubak J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chubak Jessica J Garcia Michael P MP Burnett-Hartman Andrea N AN Zheng Yingye Y Corley Douglas A DA Halm Ethan A EA Singal Amit G AG Klabunde Carrie N CN Doubeni Chyke A CA Kamineni Aruna A Levin Theodore R TR Schottinger Joanne E JE Green Beverly B BB Quinn Virginia P VP Rutter Carolyn M CM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20160201 2
<h4>Background</h4>To reduce colorectal cancer mortality, positive fecal blood tests must be followed by colonoscopy.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified 62,384 individuals ages 50 to 89 years with a positive fecal blood test between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012 in four health care systems within the Population-Based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens (PROSPR) consortium. We estimated the probability of follow-up colonoscopy and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using the ...[more]