Colorectal carcinoma: Is screening possible?

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Bonelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Evidence of benefits; Faecal occult blood tests; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENEMA; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 13444251270     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-004-0174-1     Document Type: Article

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