Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) testing in colorectal cancer follow up: What do patients think?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 983, 2007, Pages 612-614

  Steele, Nicola ^b   Haigh, Rachel ^a   Knowles, Gillian ^a   Mackean, Melanie ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 34548722224     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.059634     Document Type: Article

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