Use of colonoscopy to screen asymptomatic adults for colorectal cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-168

  Lieberman, David A ^a   Weiss, David G ^b   Bond, John H ^d   Ahnen, Dennis J ^d   Garewal, Harinder ^c   Chejfec, Gregorio ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034691827     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200007203430301     Document Type: Article

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