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An online self-test added to colorectal cancer screening can increase the effectiveness of familial cancer risk assessment without increasing distress.
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland - 1 Oct 2018
van Erkelens A, Sie A S, Spanier M B W, van Kouwen M, Visser A, Prins J B, Hoogerbrugge N
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AIM: Most people who are at increased familial colorectal cancer (FCRC) risk are not identified, despite the need for enhanced surveillance colonoscopy for effective CRC prevention. An online self-test may enhance this identification. We assessed whether taking an online self-test to identify increased FCRC risk increases anxiety, distress or CRC risk perception in population-based CRC screening. METHOD: After...
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