Feasibility of Support by Family Practitioners in Reducing Colorectal Cancer-Related Death among Outpatients Who Have Not Undergone Colorectal Cancer Screening
Abstract:We aimed to clarify the effectiveness of interventions in outpatients who did not undergo colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. From September 2012 to August 2013, we conducted a project, which showed that the immunological fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was actively recommended for outpatients who were ≥40 years of age, attended the Marumori Hospital regularly, and were not screened for CRC in the previous two years. We evaluated the detection rate of CRC and the disease specific survival ratio in February 2021 … Show more
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