Letter: meta-analysis of new diagnostic methods for colorectal cancer detection-only as strong as its weakest link

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Milou L M van Riswijk et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;54(4):540.

doi: 10.1111/apt.16514.

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Systematic review with meta-analysis: volatile organic compound analysis to improve faecal immunochemical testing in the detection of colorectal cancer.
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