Screening patients with a family history of colorectal cancer

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-513

  Fletcher, Robert H ^a,c   Lobb, Rebecca ^a   Bauer, Mark R ^a   Kemp, James Alan ^a   Palmer, Richard C ^b   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Miroshnik, Irina ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^b  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Dana Farber Cancer Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Family history; Genetic; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250179889     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0135-2     Document Type: Article

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