Current surgical practice in screening for colorectal cancer based on family history criteria

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1543-1546

  Scholefield, J H ^a   Johnson, A G ^a   Shorthouse, A J ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0031758070     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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