Colonoscopy for screening and follow up of patients with a family history of colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-511

  Tytherleigh, M G ^a   Ng, V V ^a   Mathew, L O ^a   Banerjee, T ^a   Menon, K V ^a   Mee, A S ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Family history; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43649093767     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Review

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