Long-term efficacy of sigmoidoscopy in the reduction of colorectal cancer incidence

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 622-625

  Newcomb, Polly A ^a   Storer, Barry E ^a   Morimoto, Libby M ^a   Templeton, Allyson ^a   Potter, John D ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038215387     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.8.622     Document Type: Article

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