Effective screening for bowel cancer: A United Kingdom perspective

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 895-908

  Thompson, Michael R ^a   Steele, Robert J C ^b   Atkin, W S ^c,d  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Health care systems; Screening

Indexed keywords

BREAST; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERTIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL TIME; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744931152     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0282-7     Document Type: Review

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