Medium-large polyps of the colon: A contribution for their clinical profile and a proper surveillance

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-319

  Grassi, A ^a   Casale, V ^a   Fracasso, P ^a   Lapenta, R ^a   Stigliano, V ^a   Giannarelli, D ^a   Bigotti, G ^a   Crespi, M ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic polyp; Colorectal neoplasms; Large bowel adenoma; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030696856     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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