Gender differences in colorectal cancer: Implications for age at initiation of screening

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 828-831

  Brenner, H ^a   Hoffmeister, M ^a   Arndt, V ^a   Haug, U ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Prevention; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847705337     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603628     Document Type: Article

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