Colorectal cancer risk: Black, white, or shades of gray?

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1459-1461

  Roy, Hemant K ^a   Bianchi, Laura K ^a  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 52449134608     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.12.1459     Document Type: Editorial

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