Extended flexible sigmoidoscopy performed by colonoscopists for colorectal cancer screening: A pilot study

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 945-951

  Lee, J G ^a,b   Lum, D ^a,b   Urayama, S ^a,b   Mann, S ^a,b   Saavedra, S ^a,b   Vigil, H ^a,b   Vilaysak, C ^a,b   Leung, J W ^a,b   Leung, F W ^c,d,e  

^a Research and Medical Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TRANSVERSE COLON;

CECUM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33645047191     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02838.x     Document Type: Article

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