The role of flat and depressed colorectal lesions in colorectal carcinogenesis: New insights from clinicopathological findings in high-magnification chromoscopic colonoscopy

Histopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Hurlstone, D P ^a   Brown, S ^a   Cross, S S ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromoscopy; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Flat; Magnification

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON INJURY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0344413066     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01736.x     Document Type: Review

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