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Tom Balfour
Researcher at Queen's University
Publications - 3
Citations - 2857
Tom Balfour is an academic researcher from Queen's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sigmoid colon & Colonoscopy. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 2788 citations.
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Randomised controlled trial of faecal-occult-blood screening for colorectal cancer
Jack D. Hardcastle,Jocelyn Chamberlain,Michael Robinson,Sue Moss,Satya S Amar,Tom Balfour,Peter D. James,Christine M Mangham +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence from this study and other trials suggest that consideration should be given to a national programme of FOB screening to reduce CRC mortality in the general population.
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Screening for symptomless colorectal cancer by testing for occult blood in general practice.
TL;DR: The acceptance-rate was low (25%) in those over the age of seventy-five and was highest in those aged fifty-five to sixty, and 3.8% of those using the test had at least one positive haemoccult test.
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Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen:
TL;DR: Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen, worshipped by three generations of surgeons, is now in its 21st edition; Zachary Cope's versions are now in the rare-books section of medical libraries.