Flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy as a screening modality for colorectal adenomas in older age groups? Findings in a cohort of the normal population aged 63-72 years

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 834-839

  Thiis Evensen, E ^a,c   Hoff, G S ^a   Sauar, J ^a   Majak, B M ^a   Vatn, M H ^b  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Telemark Sentralsjukehus ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colon; Colorectal neoplasms; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Polyps

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DESCENDING COLON; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 0032759382     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.6.834     Document Type: Article

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