European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 11 , Pages 2027-2033 , July 2009

Expected reduction of colorectal cancer incidence within 8 years after introduction of the German screening colonoscopy programme: Estimates based on 1,875,708 screening colonoscopies

  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +49 6221 548140; fax: +49 6221 548142.
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  • Michael Hoffmeister

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Gerhard Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany, Herbert-Lewin-Platz 3, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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  • Lutz Altenhofen

      Affiliations

    • Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany, Herbert-Lewin-Platz 3, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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  • Ulrike Haug

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 5 January 2009 ,Revised 5 February 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2009.

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PII: S0959-8049(09)00120-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.02.017

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 11 , Pages 2027-2033 , July 2009

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