Frequency of advanced neoplasia in the proximal colon without an index polyp in the rectosigmoid

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-667

  Netzer, Peter ^a   Büttiker, Urs ^a   Pfister, Mark ^a   Halter, Fred ^a   Schmassmann, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced colorectal neoplasm; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Colorectal polyp; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADENOMA, VILLOUS; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0345004953     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234146     Document Type: Article

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