Expected reduction of colorectal cancer incidence within 8 years after introduction of the German screening colonoscopy programme: Estimates based on 1,875,708 screening colonoscopies

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2027-2033

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a   Brenner, Gerhard ^b   Altenhofen, Lutz ^b   Haug, Ulrike ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649380510     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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