Colonoscopy: The dominant and preferred colorectal cancer screening strategy in the United States

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 662-664

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYPECTOMY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEDATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249931807     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.6.662     Document Type: Editorial

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