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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2019

12.06.2019

Screening Refusal Associated with Choice of Colorectal Cancer Screening Methods. A Cross-sectional Study Among Swiss Primary Care Physicians

verfasst von: Yonas Martin, MD, Alexander Leonhard Braun, MD, Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD, Jean-Luc Bulliard, PhD, Jacques Cornuz, MD, MPH, Kevin Selby, MD, Reto Auer, MD, MAS

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 8/2019

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Guidelines recommend primary care physicians (PCPs) offer patients a choice of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening methods, including colonoscopy and fecal occult blood tests (FOBT).1 However, in countries like the USA and Switzerland, patients are screened almost exclusively with colonoscopy.2, 3 When offered both tests, patients appear as likely to choose one as the other; the predominance of colonoscopy may largely be explained by physician preference and local medical culture.4 Offering only colonoscopy might explain why screening rates are low. …
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Titel
Screening Refusal Associated with Choice of Colorectal Cancer Screening Methods. A Cross-sectional Study Among Swiss Primary Care Physicians
verfasst von
Yonas Martin, MD
Alexander Leonhard Braun, MD
Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD
Jean-Luc Bulliard, PhD
Jacques Cornuz, MD, MPH
Kevin Selby, MD
Reto Auer, MD, MAS
Publikationsdatum
12.06.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05096-2

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