Risk of proximal and distal colorectal cancer following flexible sigmoidoscopy: A population-based cohort study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2075-2082

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b,c,e   Lewis, James D ^d   Paszat, Lawrence F ^b,c   Saskin, Refik ^c   Stukel, Therese A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49349090742     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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