Variations in the evaluation of colorectal cancer risk

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-262

  Hodder, R J ^a   Ballal, M ^a   Selvachandran, S N ^a   Cade, David ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; NHS guidelines; Scoring tools; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; BARIUM SULFATE; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 18344372583     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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