Colonoscopy vs Sigmoidoscopy screening: Getting it right

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-462

  Neugut, Alfred I ^a,b   Lebwohl, Benjamin ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CANCER; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 77954999811     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1001     Document Type: Note

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