Screening for cancerous and precancerous conditions of the colon

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-468

  Julka, Manjula ^a   Cherukuri, Manjula ^a   Lameh, Rahele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Fecal immunochemical tests; Polyps; Screening

Indexed keywords

DNA; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COWDEN SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; FAMILIAL JUVENILE POLYPOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GARDNER SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TURCOT SYNDROME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EXERCISE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052375978     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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