The best screening test for colorectal cancer is the one that gets done well

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 342-345

  Allison, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kaiser Division of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75749130716     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.032     Document Type: Editorial

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