Comfort and efficacy of a longer and thinner endoscope for average risk colon cancer screening

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2892-2896

  Fincher, R Keith ^a,b   Myers, Jonathan ^c   McNear, Scott ^a   Liveringhouse, John D ^d   Topolski, Richard L ^e   McNear, Jennifer ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Gastroenterology Clinic Fort Sam Houston   (United States)

^d CentraCare Laboratory Services   (United States)

^e AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Endoscopy; Screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 34548485036     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9642-y     Document Type: Article

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