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New CDC Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices Need Improvement

April 15, 2010

More than 75 percent of primary care physicians in the United States who order or perform the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) as a screening option for colorectal cancer perform an in-office test rather than relying on the home-based test, even though the home-based test is more accurate, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308839