Is discussion of colorectal cancer screening options associated with heightened patient confusion?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2821-2825

  Jones, Resa M ^a,b   Vernon, Sally W ^c   Woolf, Steven H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78549276913     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0695     Document Type: Article

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