Evaluation of an automated immunochemical fecal occult blood test for colorectal neoplasia detection in a Chinese population

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2420-2424

  Wong, Wai Man ^a   Lam, Shiu Kum ^a   Cheung, Kwan Lok ^a   Tong, Teresa Sze Man ^a   Rozen, Paul ^b   Young, Graeme P ^c   Chu, Kin Wah ^a   Ho, Judy ^a   Law, Wai Lun ^a   Tung, Hiu Ming ^a   Choi, Hok Kwok ^a   Lee, Yee Man ^a   Lai, Kam Chuen ^a   Hu, Wayne H C ^a   Chan, Chi Kuen ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Wong, Benjamin Chun Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colon carcinoma; Colorectal neoplasia; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADENOMA; ASIAN; CARCINOMA; CHINA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038709308     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11369     Document Type: Article

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