Colorectal cancer screening: Its time for action in Asia

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-2

  Sung, Joseph ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ASIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ASIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847780441     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2007.01.002     Document Type: Editorial

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