Colonoscopy surveillance of individuals at risk of familial colorectal cancer

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1748-1751

  Bradshaw, N ^a,b   Holloway, S ^b   Penman, I ^b   Dunlop, M G ^c   Porteous, M E M ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COUNSELING; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0344234237     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.12.1748     Document Type: Article

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