Flexible sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer screening in the elderly

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2147-2152

  Pabby, Ajay ^a,b   Suneja, Anupam ^c   Heeren, Timothy ^d   Farraye, Francis A ^a,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Elderly; Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 27144484876     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-3022-x     Document Type: Article

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