Effect of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy-Based Screening on Incidence and Mortality of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

B. Joseph Elmunzer; Rodney A. Hayward; Philip S. Schoenfeld; Sameer D. Saini; Amar Deshpande; Akbar K. Waljee

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001352

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Effect of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy-Based Screening on Incidence and Mortality of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

B. Joseph Elmunzer ,

* E-mail: badihe@umich.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Rodney A. Hayward,

Affiliation VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Philip S. Schoenfeld,

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Sameer D. Saini,

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Amar Deshpande,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Akbar K. Waljee

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Effect of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy-Based Screening on Incidence and Mortality of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

B. Joseph Elmunzer,
Rodney A. Hayward,
Philip S. Schoenfeld,
Sameer D. Saini,
Amar Deshpande,
Akbar K. Waljee

Published: December 4, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001352

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