Diagnostic accuracy systematic review of rectal bleeding in combination with other symptoms, signs and tests in relation to colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-58

  Bekkink, Olde M ^a,b   McCowan, C ^c   Falk, G A ^a   Teljeur, C ^d   Van De Laar, F A ^b   Fahey, T ^a,c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Primary care; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRITISH NURSING INDEX; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCINFO; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BARIUM SULFATE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 74249121903     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605426     Document Type: Article

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