Should colorectal cancer screening start at the same age in European countries? Contributions from descriptive epidemiology

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-535

  Brenner, H ^a   Hoffmeister, M ^a   Haug, U ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 48349128407     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604488     Document Type: Article

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