Is colonoscopy indicated for small adenomas found by screening flexible sigmoidoscopy?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-278

  Wallace, Michael B ^d   Kemp, James Alan ^a   Trnka, Yvona M ^a   Donovan, Joanne M ^b   Farraye, Francis A ^c  

^a Harvard Vanguard Medical Association   (United States)

^b Brockton W Roxbury Vet Aff M   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031824931     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-4-199808150-00002     Document Type: Article

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