Fast-track barium enema: Meeting the two-week wait rule for patients with suspected colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Glancy, Damian G ^a   Card, M ^a   Sylvester, P A ^a   Thomas, M G ^a   Durdey, P ^a   Callaway, M ^a   Virjee, J ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Double contrast barium enema; Two week wait

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 18344393626     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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