Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project

BACKGROUND: The Ontario FOBT Project is a pilot study of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) for colorectal cancer screening conducted among age-eligible volunteers (50 to 75 years) in 12 of 37 public health regions in Ontario.

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Main Authors: Lawrence Paszat, Linda Rabeneck, Lori Kiefer, Verna Mai, Paul Ritvo, Terry Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/569689
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spelling doaj-art-0018ff7f8ae24e96a46eec39e49e5e6c2025-08-20T02:03:15ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002007-01-0121637938210.1155/2007/569689Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT ProjectLawrence Paszat0Linda Rabeneck1Lori Kiefer2Verna Mai3Paul Ritvo4Terry Sullivan5Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, CanadaInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, CanadaOntario FOBT Project, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, CanadaDivision of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, CanadaBACKGROUND: The Ontario FOBT Project is a pilot study of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) for colorectal cancer screening conducted among age-eligible volunteers (50 to 75 years) in 12 of 37 public health regions in Ontario.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/569689
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Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project
title_full Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project
title_fullStr Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project
title_full_unstemmed Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project
title_short Endoscopic Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario FOBT Project
title_sort endoscopic follow up of positive fecal occult blood testing in the ontario fobt project
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/569689
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