Double contrast barium enema and colorectal carcinoma: Sensitivity and potential role in screening

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-18

  Gillespie, J S J ^a   Kelly, B E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOID; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENEMA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035005151     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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