Screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer prevention: Results from a German online registry on 269 000 cases

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 650-655

  Bokemeyer, Bernd ^a   Bock, Herbert ^b   Huppe, Dietrich ^c   Duffelmeyer, Marc ^e   Rambow, Axel ^b   Tacke, Wolfgang ^d   Koop, Herbert ^f,g  

^a Gastroenterology Practice Minden   (Germany)

^b Gastroenterology Practice   (Germany)

^c Gastroenterology Practice   (Germany)

^d Gastroenterology Practice   (Germany)

^e Lomtech Corp   (Germany)

^f HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Neoplasia; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM PERFORATION; RECTUM POLYP; REGISTER;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649657848     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32830b8acf     Document Type: Article

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