Predicting colorectal cancer risk in patients with rectal bleeding

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 531, 2006, Pages 763-767

  Robertson, Roma ^a   Campbell, Christine ^a   Weller, David P ^a   Elton, Rob ^a   Mant, David ^b   Primrose, John ^c   Nugent, Karen ^c   Macleod, Una ^d   Sharma, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Early diagnosis; General practice; Sigmoidoscopy; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL DISEASES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33749642357     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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