Mobile colonoscopic surveillance provides quality care for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma families in South Africa

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-514

  Anderson, D W ^a   Goldberg, P A ^a,c   Algar, U ^a   Felix, R ^b   Ramesar, R S ^b  

^a Department of Surgery   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma; Mobile; Surveillance colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLON BIOPSY; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL COLON RESECTION;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34250770952     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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