Colon cancer screening

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 365-367

  Lee, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 34249740103     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000600001     Document Type: Editorial

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