High yield of colorectal neoplasia detected by colonoscopy following a positive faecal occult blood test in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-86

  Lee, Thomas J W ^a   Clifford, Gayle M ^b   Rajasekhar, Praveen ^c   Rutter, Matthew D ^d   Kometa, Simon ^e   Ritchie, Mary C ^a   Waddup, Greg ^d   Nylander, David ^f   McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Rees, Colin J ^g  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 80051909586     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2011.011032     Document Type: Article

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