Are screen detected colorectal cancers asymptomatic?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 416-419

  Harmston, C ^a   Akwei, S ^b   Barnes, R ^c   Goodyear, S ^d   Wong, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAL COMPLAINT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION HABIT; DEFECATION URGENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENESMUS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77954350885     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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