The place of fecal occult blood test in colorectal cancer screening in 2006: The U.S. perspective

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-221

  Bond, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644889072     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00486.x     Document Type: Review

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