Authors' reply to Doherty and Hawkins

Øyvind Holme^{1

2}, Magnus Løberg^{2

3}, Michael Bretthauer^{1

2

3}, Mette Kalager^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway.
² Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Transplantation Medicine and KG Jebsen Center for Colorectal Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Comment

Øyvind Holme et al. BMJ. 2017.

. 2017 Mar 10:356:j1267.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1267.

Øyvind Holme^{1

2}, Magnus Løberg^{2

3}, Michael Bretthauer^{1

2

3}, Mette Kalager^{2

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway.
² Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Transplantation Medicine and KG Jebsen Center for Colorectal Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

No abstract available

Comment on

Effectiveness of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in men and women and different age groups: pooled analysis of randomised trials.
Holme Ø, Schoen RE, Senore C, Segnan N, Hoff G, Løberg M, Bretthauer M, Adami HO, Kalager M. Holme Ø, et al. BMJ. 2017 Jan 13;356:i6673. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6673. BMJ. 2017. PMID: 28087510 Free PMC article.
Numbers needed to treat and to harm should be included in research.
Hawkins J. Hawkins J. BMJ. 2017 Mar 10;356:j1265. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1265. BMJ. 2017. PMID: 28283495 No abstract available.
Absolute risk reductions in paper on flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Doherty J. Doherty J. BMJ. 2017 Mar 10;356:j1259. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1259. BMJ. 2017. PMID: 28283508 No abstract available.