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Meta-Analysis
. 2017 Oct 17;167(8):602-603.
doi: 10.7326/M17-0859. Epub 2017 Aug 22.

Reanalysis of All-Cause Mortality in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Andrew W Swartz  1 , Jan M Eberth  1 , Michele J Josey  1 , Scott M Strayer  1
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Meta-Analysis

Reanalysis of All-Cause Mortality in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2016 Evidence Report on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Andrew W Swartz et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Figure 1
RR for death in the NORCCAP individual cohorts versus the aggregate outcome. NA = not applicable; NORCCAP = Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Prevention; RR = relative risk. * Showing Simpson paradox.
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Figure 2
RR for death with screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy in randomized controlled trials. NORCCAP = Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Prevention; PLCO = Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian; RR = relative risk; SCORE = Screening for Colon Rectum; UKFSST = U.K. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial. * This trial reports a modified all-cause mortality that excludes deaths from prostate, lung, and ovarian cancer because the intervention group was also screened for those types of cancer.
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