Potential for colorectal cancer prevention of sigmoidoscopy versus colonoscopy: Population-based case control study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 494-499

  Brenner, Hermann ^a,b,d   Chang Claude, Jenny ^b   Seiler, Christoph M ^b   Stürmer, Til ^a,c   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 34047275908     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0460     Document Type: Article

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