Randomized trial of the addition of flexible sigmoidoscopy to faecal occult blood testing for colorectal neoplasia population screening

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1274-1276

  Berry, D P ^a,b,c   Clarke, P ^a   Hardcastle, J D ^b   Vellacott, K D ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030768664     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840922     Document Type: Article

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