Population screening for colorectal cancer

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 65-68

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ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLING ERROR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33749603019     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2006.44965     Document Type: Article

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