The effects of population-based faecal occult blood test screening upon emergency colorectal cancer admissions in Coventry and north Warwickshire

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-222

  Goodyear, S J ^a   Leung, E ^b   Menon, A ^c   Pedamallu, S ^a   Williams, N ^a   Wong, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 38549103067     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.120253     Document Type: Article

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