Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1311-1315 , May 2008

Colonoscopic Screening in Average-Risk Individuals Ages 40 to 49 vs 50 to 59 Years

  • Andrew G. Rundle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Benjamin Lebwohl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Robert Vogel

      Affiliations

    • Medical Advisory Board, Executive Health Exams International, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Stephen Levine

      Affiliations

    • Medical Advisory Board, Executive Health Exams International, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Alfred I. Neugut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center, 722 West 168th St, Room 725, New York, New York 10032. fax: (212) 305-9413.

Received 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 24 January 2008.

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 Financial disclosure: Executive Health Exams International, Inc. (EHE), provides financial support to Drs. Rundle and Neugut to conduct statistical analyses of deidentified, medical record data. EHE did not play a role in the design of the study, analyses of the data, interpretation of the data, decision to submit the manuscript for publication, or writing of the manuscript. Drs. Rundle and Neugut are members of the EHE International's Medical Advisory Board.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00283-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.032

Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1311-1315 , May 2008

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