Volume 132, Issue 7, Pages 2304-2312 (June 2007) Comparing Attendance and Detection Rate of Colonoscopy With Sigmoidoscopy and FIT for Colorectal Cancer Screening Nereo Segnan, Carlo Senore, Bruno Andreoni, Alberto Azzoni, Luigi Bisanti, Alessandro Cardelli, Guido Castiglione, Cristiano Crosta, Andrea Ederle, Alberto Fantin, Arnaldo Ferrari, Mario Fracchia, Franco Ferrero, Stefano Gasperoni, Serafino Recchia, Mauro Risio, Tiziana Rubeca, Giorgio Saracco, Marco Zappa Gastroenterology Volume 132, Issue 7, Pages 2304-2312 (June 2007) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.03.030 Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Recruitment, randomization, and attendance rate by center. *Previous diagnosis of CRC, polyps, or IDB accounted for 9.5% of the 1595 exclusions. The proportion of persons excluded because they had undergone a CRC screening test within the previous 2 years was similar for FOBT (19.3%) and for endoscopy (18.6%); patients suffering from severe disease or severe psychiatric symptoms represented 13.3% and 10.9% of the exclusions, respectively, whereas 28.4% of the patients had moved before randomization. &Undeliverable letters excluded. Gastroenterology 2007 132, 2304-2312DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2007.03.030) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions