Complete colonoscopy rarely misses cancer

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Ee, Hooi C ^a,b   Semmens, James B ^a   Hoffman, Neville E ^a  

^a Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ^*

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK;

EID: 0036480230     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.121190     Document Type: Article

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