Wide Variation in Adenoma Detection Rates at Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Gastroenterology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1247-1256

  Atkin, Wendy ^a   Rogers, Pauline ^a   Cardwell, Christopher ^a   Cook, Claire ^a   Cuzick, Jack ^a,b   Wardle, Jane ^a,c   Edwards, Rob ^a,b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2142647305     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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