Distribution of colon neoplasia in Chinese patients: implications for endoscopic screening strategies

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 642-647

  Soon, Maw Soan ^a   Soon, Anny ^a   Lin, Tin Yu ^a   Lin, Otto S ^a,b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; ASIAN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TAIWAN;

EID: 62149085990     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f6482b     Document Type: Article

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