Incidental finding of colorectal cancer in screening colonoscopy and its cost effectiveness

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 699-703

  Berhane, ChiChi ^a   Denning, David ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYP; PROGNOSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69849089057     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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