Uptake, yield of neoplasia, and adverse effects of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 560-565

  Atkin, W S ^a   Hart, A ^d   Edwards, R ^b   McIntyre, P ^c   Aubrey, R ^c   Wardle, J ^b   Sutton, S ^b   Cuzick, J ^b   Northover, J M A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Colorectal cancer; Endoscopy; Randomised trial; Screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0031949776     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.4.560     Document Type: Article

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