The diagnostic performance of scoring systems to identify symptomatic colorectal cancer compared to current referral guidance

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1242-1248

  Marshall, Tom ^a   Lancashire, Robert ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^b   Peters, Tim J ^b   Cheng, K K ^a   Hamilton, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRISTOL BIRMINGHAM EQUATION; CAPER SCORE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL EXCELLENCE REFERRAL GUIDANCES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80051550579     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.225987     Document Type: Article

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