Comment on development and validation of a colon cancer risk assessment tool for patients undergoing colonoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3102-3103

  Babu, Giridhara R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72949100328     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.487     Document Type: Letter

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