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

Lawrence Paszat; Linda Rabeneck; Lori Kiefer; Verna Mai; Paul Ritvo; Terry Sullivan

doi:10.1155/2007/569689

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2007)

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

Lawrence Paszat,
Linda Rabeneck,
Lori Kiefer,
Verna Mai,
Paul Ritvo,
Terry Sullivan

Affiliations

Lawrence Paszat: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Canada
Linda Rabeneck: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Canada
Lori Kiefer: Ontario FOBT Project, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Verna Mai: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Paul Ritvo: Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Terry Sullivan: Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/569689
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 6
pp. 379 – 382

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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