The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme - A realistic approach with additional benefits

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 708-714

  West, N J ^a   Poullis, A P ^a   Leicester, R J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Colorectal cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 50349095740     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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