Review: Alarm features in dyspepsia do not have high diagnostic accuracy for predicting upper gastrointestinal cancer: Commentary

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-

  van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34147199986     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.12.2.55     Document Type: Short Survey

References (2)

1. Fransen GA, Janssen MI, Muris JW, et al. Meta-analysis: the diagnostic value of alarm symptoms for upper gastrointestinal malignancy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:1045-52.
2. Kapoor N, Bassi A, Sturgess R, et al. Predictive value of alarm features in a rapid access upper gastrointestinal cancer service. Gut 2005;54:40-5.