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. 2008 Nov 20;337:a2261. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2261

Table 2.

 Cancers in responders, non-responders, and controls; person years; and incidence in Finnish organised screening programme for colorectal cancer, 2004-6

Arm and sex No of cancers Person years Incidence per 100 000 person years
Responders*:
Test negative:
 Men 13 30 787 42
 Women 19 39 164 49
 Total 32 69 951 46
Episode negative:
 Men 15 31 643 47
 Women 20 39 701 50
 Total 35 71 344 49
Non-responders
Men 16 17 997 89
Women 10 10 990 91
Total 26 28 987 90
Controls
Men 51 49 707 103
Women 47 50 768 93
Total 98 100 475 98

*Sixty five screen detected cancers were excluded.