Colorectal cancer in women: An equal opportunity disease

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 12 SUPPL. II, 2001, Pages

  Osias, Glenn L ^a,d   Osias, Kimberly B ^a,b,c   Srinivasan, Radhika ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kent General Hospital   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts General Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^h Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Fecal occult blood testing; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FLUOROURACIL; FOLIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OVARY CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035572636     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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