Screening and the costs of treating colorectal cancer.

The objective of this paper is to compare the hospital costs of treating patients with colorectal cancers detected as a result of a faecal occult blood screening programme with those of patients whose cancers present symptomatically (control group). Patient-specific cost estimates are made, using ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whynes, D. K., Walker, A. R., Chamberlain, J. O., Hardcastle, J. D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1993
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968731/