Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
Guyatt G, Rennie D, Meade MO, Cook DJ
Part G Moving from Evidence to Action
Chapter 22.3. Moving From Evidence to Action: Recommendations About Screening
Alexandra Barratt, Les Irwig, Paul Glasziou, Robert Cumming, Angela Raffle, Nicholas Hicks, J. A. Muir Gray, Gordon Guyatt
Clinical Scenario
Topics Discussed:
colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, fecal occult blood test, screening procedure, screening recommendations
Excerpt:
"You are a primary care physician treating a 47-year-old woman
and her husband of the same age. They are concerned because a friend
of theirs recently received news she had colon cancer and has urged
them both to undergo screening with fecal occult blood
tests (FOBTs) because, she says, prevention is much better
than the cure she is now undergoing...."
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