Colorectal cancer screening: Do we practice what we preach?

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Colquhoun, Patrick ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Efron, Jonathan ^a   Nogueras, Juan J ^a   Vernava III, Anthony M ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonos copy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal surgeon; Compliance; Fecal occult blood test; Polyps; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCULT BLOOD; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM POLYP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747145181     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606290163     Document Type: Article

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