Do forceps biopsies truthfully reflect the nature of endoscopically uncovered polypoid lesions of the colon?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-349

  Stermer, Edy ^a   Bejar, J ^a   Miselevich, I ^a   Goldstein, O ^a   Keren, D ^a   Lavy, A ^a   Boss, J H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Colonic adenoma; Colonic carcinoma; Colonic polyp; Colonoscopy; Sampling error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 21244480979     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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