Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1642-1647.e1 , May 2010

Understanding Differences in the Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening

  • Thomas F. Imperiale

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, The Regenstrief Institute, Inc, 1050 Wishard Boulevard, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. fax: (317) 630-6611
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  • David F. Ransohoff

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by grant R-01 CA104459 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00382-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.03.027

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1642-1647.e1 , May 2010

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