What is the clinical importance of small polyps with regard to colorectal cancer screening?: Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 488-489

  Schoen, Robert E ^a   Hur, Chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUTERIZATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYPECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33748294111     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0599     Document Type: Short Survey

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