Predicting proximal advanced neoplasms at screening sigmoidoscopy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1331-1340

  Senore, Carlo ^a,c   Segnan, Nereo ^a   Bonelli, Luigina ^b   Sciallero, Stefania ^b   Pennazio, Marco ^c   Angioli, Donato ^d   Crosta, Cristiano ^e   Gasperoni, Stefano ^f   Malfitana, Giuseppe ^g  

^a CPO Piedmont   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f Infermi Hospital   (Italy)

^g OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic adenomas; Colorectal cancer; Proximal advanced neoplasia; Screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4444257638     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0595-y     Document Type: Article

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