Screening for colorectal cancer in Chinese: Comparison of fecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy

Gastroenterology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 608-614

  Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Chan, Francis K L ^a   Leung, Wai K ^a   Wu, Justin C Y ^a   Lau, James Y W ^a   Ching, Jessica ^a   To, Ka F ^a   Lee, Yuk T ^a   Luk, Yiu W ^b   Kung, Nelson N S ^c   Kwok, Samuel P Y ^c   Li, Michael K W ^b   Chung, S C Sydney ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 0037370162     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2003.50090     Document Type: Article

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