Flexible sigmoidoscopy and the changing distribution of colorectal cancer: Implications for screening

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 522-525

  McCallion, K ^a   Mitchell, R M S ^a   Wilson, R H ^a   Kee, F ^a   Watson, R G P ^a   Collins, J S A ^a   Gardiner, K R ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Endoscopy; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRELAND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0035076771     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.4.522     Document Type: Article

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