Colorectal cancer risk in first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal adenomatous polyp

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 43, 2002, Pages 157-159

  Nakama, Hidenori ^a   Fukazawa, Kayoko ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Family history of colorectal adenomatous polyp; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RELATIVE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036213381     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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