Do distal adenomas mandate total colonoscopy?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 886-890

  Khan, A ^a   Shrier, I ^b   Gordon, P H ^a  

^a Division of Colorectal Surgery   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Colonoscopy; Colorectal; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038657567     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8743-8     Document Type: Article

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