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BACKGROUND: As the incidence of gastrointestinal cancer is increasing in Korea, several trials for its early detection have been conducted. Fecal occult blood testing has been proved to be useful...
Han DS, Park JY, Cho YJ, Lee OY, Jeon YC, Son JH, Yoon BC, Choi HS, Hahm JS, Lee MH, Kee CS, Park KN, Park YS, Park IK
KMID: 2240657
Korean J Gastroenterol.
1997 Sep;30(3):308-314.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The guaiac test, the most available test for colorectal cancer screening, has low sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer. Recently, some studies suggested that immunochemical fecal occult blood...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. It is amenable to screening as it occurs in premalignant, latent, early, and curable stages. PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic...
Occult bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract is a major cause of iron deficiency anemia. Even with endoscopic evaluation of the upper and the lower gastrointestinal tract in these patients, in...