Screening for colorectal cancer using a quantitative immunochemical faecal occult blood test: A feasibility study in an Asian population

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Fu, W P ^a   Kam, M H ^a   Ling, W M ^a   Ong, S F ^a   Suzannah, N ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Polyps; Screening; Stool occult blood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 69949172426     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-009-0515-1     Document Type: Article

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