Colorectal cancer screening in average risk individuals

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-188

  Huang, Christopher S ^a   Lal, Subodh K ^a   Farraye, Francis A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Average risk; Colorectal cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 18844370669     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-4027-z     Document Type: Review

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