Dr Béatrice Lauby-Secretan and colleagues provide The International Agency for Research on Cancer perspective on colorectal cancer screening.
| Screening for colorectal cancer with stool-based tests saves lives
| New England Journal of Medicine |
The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that screening for colorectal cancer with stool-based tests and with lower endoscopy (either colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy) saves lives. Dr Lauby-Secretan's team comments, "Comparative effectiveness data were inconclusive."
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