Implementation of Colon Cancer Screening: Techniques, Costs, and Barriers

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Miller, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39649116668     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2007.12.015     Document Type: Review

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