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French studies measure benefits of colorectal cancer screening

Dr Vanessa Cottet from INSERM Unit� 866 in Dijon, France, and colleagues studied the region of C�te-d’Or, where a registry has been collecting data on adenomas since 1976. They wanted to evaluate the rate of diagnosis of adenomas before and after the initiation of a screening program using fecal occult blood testing that began in 2003…