Family history in colorectal cancer surveillance strategies

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9530, 2006, Pages 101-103

  Hakama, Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745604241     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68982-4     Document Type: Note

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