Estimation of colorectal cancer screening, outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

What The Study Did: This modeling study estimates COVID-19-related changes in rates of colorectal cancer screenings and associated outcomes and estimates the degree to which expanded fecal immunochemical testing could potentially mitigate these outcomes.

Authors: Rachel B. Issaka, M.D., M.A.S., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6454)

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