Why wait for a colonoscopy? An easy cure

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Shoaib, A ^a   Hamade, A ^a   Zia, A ^a   Basnyat, P S ^a   Taffinder, Nick ^a  

^a WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Surveillance interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33744830608     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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