What proportion of patients referred to secondary care with iron deficiency anemia have colon cancer?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1211-1214

  Raje, Durgesh ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a   Oshowo, Ayo ^a   Ingham Clark, Celia ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447635386     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0249-y     Document Type: Article

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