American Cancer Society guidelines for screening and surveillance for early detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: Update 1997

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 154-160

  Byers, Tim ^a   Levin, Bernard ^b   Rothenberger, David ^c   Dodd, Gerald D ^b   Smith, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCULT BLOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030974766     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.47.3.154     Document Type: Article

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