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Fecal occult blood testing

Intervention

3 papers1 finding

  • In silico2

Outcomes

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Life expectancy

upin silico1

1 study

  1. Fecal occult blood testing increases life expectancy in silico (at least 17% detected, $35,000 per year of life saved).

    “A program of annual fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) in the elderly would detect at least 17% of the expected cases of cancer and could cost $35,000 per year of life saved.”

    In silico

    Cost effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in the elderly

    Annals of internal medicine15 Nov 1991

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