Colorectal cancer screening: prospects for molecular stool analysis
โ Scribed by Davies, R. Justin; Miller, Richard; Coleman, Nicholas
- Book ID
- 109947351
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 637 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1474-1776
- DOI
- 10.1038/nrc1569
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract ## Background Mass screening for colorectal cancer reduces mortality and, with recent advances in molecular genetics, molecular stool-based tests have produced promising results. This article reviews this innovation and discusses its clinical significance. ## Methods Medline searches
Following a series of educational spots on colorectal cancer shown on a local television news program, stool guaiac slide kits (Hemoccult 11; Smith Kline Diagnostics) were distributed in shopping malls in Erie County, New York during a 3-day period in February 1982. The tests kits were sold for $1.0