Symptomatic presentation of early colorectal cancer

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Smith, Darren ^a   Ballal, M ^a   Hodder, R ^a   Soin, G ^a   Selvachandran, S N ^a   Cade, D ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early colorectal cancer; Patient consultation questionnaire; Symtomatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644947176     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X94904     Document Type: Article

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