Effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in reducing the risk of death from right and left colon cancer: a large community-based study

Chyke A Doubeni; Douglas A Corley; Virginia P Quinn; Christopher D Jensen; Ann G Zauber; Michael Goodman; Jill R Johnson; Shivan J Mehta; Tracy A Becerra; Wei K Zhao; Joanne Schottinger; V Paul Doria-Rose; Theodore R Levin; Noel S Weiss; Robert H Fletcher

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312712

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Effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in reducing the risk of death from right and left colon cancer: a large community-based study

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Chyke A Doubeni Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The Abramson Cancer Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Douglas A Corley Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Virginia P Quinn Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher D Jensen Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ann G Zauber Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Goodman Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jill R Johnson Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The Abramson Cancer Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shivan J Mehta Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tracy A Becerra Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wei K Zhao Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joanne Schottinger Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
V Paul Doria-Rose Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Theodore R Levin Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Noel S Weiss Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert H Fletcher Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Chyke A Doubeni, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Gates 2, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA; Chyke.Doubeni{at}uphs.upenn.edu

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Doubeni CA, Corley DA, Quinn VP, et al

Effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in reducing the risk of death from right and left colon cancer: a large community-based study

Gut 2018;67:291-298.

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Received July 24, 2016
Revised September 20, 2016
Accepted September 25, 2016
First published October 12, 2016.

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April 20, 2018

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