Reducing costs of colon polyp management

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1135-1136

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SIZE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS;

EID: 70649085075     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70342-0     Document Type: Letter

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