The effect of using fecal testing after a negative sigmoidoscopy on the risk of death from colorectal cancer.
Chyke A DoubeniDouglas A CorleyChristopher D JensenJoanne E SchottingerJeffery K LeeNirupa R GhaiTheodore R LevinWei K ZhaoChelsea A SaiaJocelyn V WainwrightShivan J MehtaKevin SelbyV Paul Doria-RoseAnn G ZauberRobert H FletcherNoel S WeissPublished in: Journal of medical screening (2020)
Our results suggest that receipt of at least one fecal occult blood test during the several years after a negative sigmoidoscopy did not substantially reduce mortality from colorectal cancer.