Who needs colonoscopy to identify colorectal cancer? Bowel symptoms do not add substantially to age and other medical history

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-281

  Adelstein, B A ^a   Irwig, L ^a   MacAskill, P ^a   Turner, R M ^a   Chan, S F ^a   Katelaris, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953767930     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04344.x     Document Type: Article

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