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  1. Grazia Grazzini1,
  2. Marco Zappa2,
  3. Leonardo Ventura2,
  4. Tiziana Rubeca3,
  5. Stephen P Halloran4
  1. 1Screening Department, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy
  2. 2Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Department, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy
  3. 3Bio-molecular and analytical cytology laboratory, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy
  4. 4Bowel Cancer Screening Southern Programme Hub, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
  1. Correspondence to Grazia Grazzini, Department of Screening, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Viale A Volta 171, 50131 Firenze, Italy; g.grazzini{at}ispo.toscana.it

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