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Mercè Barau

Publications -  4
Citations -  76

Mercè Barau is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer screening. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 72 citations.

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Impact of age- and gender-specific cut-off values for the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin in colorectal cancer screening

Cristina Alvarez-Urturi, +197 more
TL;DR: To improve the performance of FIT in CRC screening programs, FIT cut-offs could be individualized by age and gender.
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Programa de Detección Precoz de Cáncer de Colon y Recto de Barcelona: indicadores de la primera ronda de un programa con participación de la farmacia comunitaria

TL;DR: Los resultados obtenidos se consideran satisfactorios y acordes with los de otros programas y estandares europeos, aunque se han identificado aspectos de mejora.
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Colorectal Cancer Early Screening Program of Barcelona, Spain: Indicators of the first round of a program with participation of community pharmacies

TL;DR: The main indicators of the first round of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program (2010–2011) are described, considered satisfactory and consistent with those obtained in other programs and with European standards.
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Rate of detection of advanced neoplasms in proximal colon by simulated sigmoidoscopy vs fecal immunochemical tests.

Antoni Castells, +139 more
TL;DR: Sigmoidoscopy and FIT have similar limitations in detecting advanced proximal neoplasms, which depend on patients' characteristics; sigmoidsoscopy underperforms for women 50-59 years old.