Colonoscopy or barium enema for population colorectal cancer screening?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Mitchell, R M S ^a   Byrne, M F ^a   Baillie, J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Population screening

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYPECTOMY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BARIUM SULFATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENEMA;

BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENEMA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041306990     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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