Colonoscopy in colorectal-cancer screening for detection of advanced neoplasia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1863-1872

  Regula, Jaroslaw ^a,b   Rupinski, Maciej ^a   Kraszewska, Ewa ^b   Polkowski, Marcin ^a   Pachlewski, Jacek ^a   Orlowska, Janina ^a   Nowacki, Marek P ^b   Butruk, Eugeniusz ^a  

^a Institute of Oncology   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DYSPLASIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750528561     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa054967     Document Type: Article

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