Fast track referrals for colorectal cancer: The impact of the faecal occult blood test screening programme

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Ward, Nicholas ^a   Wright, J ^a   Marsh, S ^b   Norton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b O and G   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947599073     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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