Colon Cancer in Cystic Fibrosis patients: Is this a growing problem?

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-346

  Hernandez Jimenez, Isaac ^a   Fischman, Daniel ^a   Cheriyath, Pramil ^a  

^a Harrisburg Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colon Cancer; Cystic Fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR); MUC gene

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CEFTAZIDIME; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; OXALIPLATIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SIGMOID; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 51349120601     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2008.02.006     Document Type: Review

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