Screening colonoscopy in 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer is efficient: A controlled multicentre study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Menges, Markus ^a   Fischinger, Johannes ^a   Gärtner, Barbara ^a   Georg, Thomas ^a   Woerdehoff, Dietrich ^b   Maier, Matthias ^c   Harloff, Matthias ^d   Stegmaier, Christa ^e   Raedle, Jochen ^a   Zeitz, Martin ^f  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ehem Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

^c Hospital of the Miner's Guild   (Germany)

^d Krankenhaus St Elisabeth   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal adenoma; Colorectal cancer; Familial risk; Risk factors; Screening colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM POLYP; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745095071     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-005-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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