Challenges to the Fecal Occult Blood Test: Where Is the Way Forward?

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¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery and GI Endoscopy Center, Naval Medical University First Affiliated Hospital (Changhai Hospital), Shanghai, China; Department of Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Center, Xiamen University Affiliated Chenggong Hospital (Chinese PLA 73rd Army Corps Hospital), Xiamen, Fujian, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Naval Medical University First Affiliated Hospital (Changhai Hospital), Shanghai, China.

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Chenglong Wang et al. Gastroenterology. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;165(6):1578-1579.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.08.003. Epub 2023 Aug 7.

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery and GI Endoscopy Center, Naval Medical University First Affiliated Hospital (Changhai Hospital), Shanghai, China; Department of Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Center, Xiamen University Affiliated Chenggong Hospital (Chinese PLA 73rd Army Corps Hospital), Xiamen, Fujian, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Naval Medical University First Affiliated Hospital (Changhai Hospital), Shanghai, China.

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