Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 371-376 , May 2010

Participation in colorectal cancer screening with FOBT and colonoscopy: An Italian, multicentre, randomized population study

  • Daniele Lisi

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Service, “ASL RmB – Poliamb. Don Bosco” – Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: ASL RM B, Poliambulatorio Don Bosco, Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Via Antistio 15 00174, Roma, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 41435095; fax: +39 06 233203638.
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  • C. Cesare Hassan

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, “Nuovo Regina Margherita” Hospital – Rome, Italy
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  • Massimo Crespi

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Gastroenterology, “National Cancer Institute Regina Elena” – Rome, Italy
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  • the AMOD Study Group

      Affiliations

    • AMOD Study Group: Ancona Az. Osp. Umberto I – Torrette: Ivano Lorenzini, Umberto Freddara, Piero Bolognini, Marco Fabretti, Maria Luigia Librari, Antonio Marracino, Quirino Massimo Ricci, Quintilio Tomassetti; Avellino Osp. San Giuseppe Moscati: Gaetano Iaquinto, Nicola Giardullo, Felice Cantone, Michele De Cicco, Ciro Del Giudice, Maria Giuffre’, Maria Luisa La Gatta, Luigi Manna, Raffaele Panico, Salvatore Panico; Bari Osp. Policlinico Consorziale: Raffaele Moschetta, Salvatore Rizzi, Francesco Scatigna, Emanuele Tangorra, Alessandro Uva; Catania Policlinico Universitario: Antonio Russo, Pietro Naso, Innocenzio Colonna, Paolo Giorgianni, Serafino Piazza, Gaetano Tomasello; Como Osp. Valduce: Giorgio Minoli, Anna Toldi, Alessandro Rampoldi Chiara Ambroggio, Daniela Canini, Vincenzo Carcaterra, Dorian Pessina; Ferrara Arcispedale S. Anna: Sergio Gullini Vincenzo Matarese, Alberto Grossi, Pier Paolo Mazzucchelli, Filippo Siano, Alessandro Toni; Ravenna Osp. S. Maria delle Croci: Tino Casetti, Omero Triossi, Simona Balzani, Ivonne De Portu, Carmela Carmen Dradi, Eugenio Balatti Alessandra Cicognani, Donato Claps; Roma Osp. San Filippo Neri: Lucio Capurso, Marco Bianchi, Antonella Alaimo, Antonio Bove, Alfonso Lorenzo Cocco, Maurizio Lugli; Roma Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena: Vincenzo Casale, Vittoria Stigliano, Maria Grazia Felici, Andrea Fondi, Antonella Gentili, Chiara Pandozj; Roma ASL-RmB Poliamb. Don Bosco: Pierluigi Fracasso, Stefania Scanni, M.Rosaria Lettieri, Filippo Cesali, Nicola Antonio Converti, Carlo Fulgenzi Stefano Riccardi; Roma Osp. Nuovo Regina Margherita: Sergio Morini, Angelo Zullo, Marco Cabrini, Maria Rosa De Murtas, Walter Macino, Dino Porto; Roma Policlinico Tor Vergata: Francesco Pallone, Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco, Dario Diosi, Tiziana Guidobaldi, Roberto Marini, Giovanni Antonio Marino; Siena Az. Ospedaliera Senese: Giorgio Frosini, Raffaele Chieca, Giovanni Carriero, Giuseppe Chiaroni, Riccardo Flori, Bruno Gini, Anna Seriacopi, Bianca Volpini; Trento Osp. Santa Chiara: Giovanni De Pretis, Gianni Miori, Elena De Maria, Fabio Chesani, Paolo Colorio, Alessandra Maggioni, Fulvio Spagnolli.

Received 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.019

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 371-376 , May 2010

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