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2. Ouyang DL, Chen JJ, Getzenberg RH, Schoen RE: Noninvasive testing for colorectal cancer: a review. Am J Gastroenterol 2005, 100:1393–1403. Thorough review of noninvasive screening tests from the US perspective. Clearly supports a role for such tests.
3. Morrison AS: Screening. In Modern Epidemiology. Edited by Rothman KJ, Greenland S. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 1998:499–518.
4. Osborn NK, Ahlquist DA: Stool screening for colorectal cancer: molecular approaches [review]. Gastroenterology 2005, 128:192–206. Excellent review of the molecular tests from the perspectives of applied biology and technology.
5. Young GP, St John DJ, Winawer SJ, et al.: Choice of fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening: recommendations based on performance characteristics in population studies. Am J Gastroenterol 2002, 97:2499–2507. An evidence-based analysis of papers in which FIT and GFOBT have been directly compared. The paper takes an international approach and details how the different tests are relevant to the different settings.