Does fecal occult blood test have a place for colorectal cancer screening in China in 2006?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-215

  Sung, Joseph ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CHINA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; EMOTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644883911     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00485.x     Document Type: Review

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