Survival of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer through a television-advertised screening program

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1563-1566

  Slusser, Stephen O ^a   Liberski, Susan M ^a   McGarrity, Thomas J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029759176     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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