Inappropriate colorectal cancer screening: Findings and implications

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2526-2530

  Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b,d   Judd, Latisha ^c   Sanford, Nadia S ^b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Building 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VETERAN; AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644648183     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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