Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk north americans: An economic evaluation

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Heitman, Steven J ^a   Hilsden, Robert J ^a   Au, Flora ^a   Dowden, Scot ^a,b   Manns, Braden J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORTH AMERICA; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK REDUCTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; AGED; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 78649990821     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000370     Document Type: Article

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