Association of FOBT-assessed faecal Hb content with colonic lesions detected in the Florence screening programme

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-221

  Ciatto, S ^a   Martinelli, F ^a   Castiglione, G ^a   Mantellini, P ^a   Rubeca, T ^a   Grazzini, G ^a   Bonanomi, A G ^a   Confortini, M ^a   Zappa, M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Faecal occult blood testing; FOBT; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE VILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 33846471849     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603534     Document Type: Article

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