Predictive value of rectal bleeding for distal colonic neoplastic lesions in a screened population

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Ferraris, R ^a   Senore, C ^b   Fracchia, M ^a   Sciallero, S ^c   Bonelli, L ^c   Atkin, W S ^d   Segnan, N ^b  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Predictive value; Rectal bleeding; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0346023955     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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