Time from positive screening fecal occult blood test to colonoscopy and risk of neoplasia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2497-2502

  Gellad, Ziad F ^a,b   Almirall, Daniel ^a,b   Provenzale, Dawn ^a,b   Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasm; Colonoscopy; Follow up studies; Occult blood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350223611     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0653-8     Document Type: Article

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