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Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer
- Nancy N. Baxter, MD, PhD;
- Meredith A. Goldwasser, ScD;
- Lawrence F. Paszat, MD, MS;
- Refik Saskin, MSc;
- David R. Urbach, MD, MSc; and
- Linda Rabeneck, MD, MPH
- From Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; University Health Network and University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; and Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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View larger version:Figure. Influence of the exclusion window on the conditional odds ratio for the association between attempted colonoscopy and colorectal cancer deaths.Values >0 indicate an increased risk with colonoscopy, and values <0 indicate a decreased risk (see Methods section).
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