Cost-benefit analysis of screening colonoscopy in 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 596-601

  Menges, Markus ^a,b   Gärtner, Barbara ^a   Georg, Thomas ^a   Fischinger, Johannes ^a   Zeitz, Martin ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Diakonie Hospital   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal adenoma; Colorectal cancer; Cost benefit analysis; Familial risk; Screening colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ENDOSCOPY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELATIVE;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33746348332     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-005-0058-5     Document Type: Article

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