The Science and Politics of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Open Access
- 3 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (1), e36
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030036
Abstract
Hoff and Bretthauer discuss the scientific and political controversies surrounding the introduction of a national screening programme for colorectal cancer.Keywords
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