Editorial: Should women with heartburn undergo screening upper endoscopy for prevention of cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-263

  Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARTBURN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79751481169     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.471     Document Type: Review

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