Prevalence of colorectal cancer in relatives of Iranian patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-93

  Fatemi, Seyed Reza ^a,b   Malek, Fatemeh Nemati ^a   Shivarani, Sepideh ^a   Vahedi, Mohsen ^a   Almasi, Shohreh ^a   Maserat, Elham ^a   Ebrahimi, Marjan ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy screening; Colorectal cancer; Familial factors; High risk patients

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955786614     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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