Is it time to lower the recommended screening age for colorectal cancer?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-361

  Davis, Donald M ^a   Marcet, Jorge E ^a   Frattini, Jared C ^a   Prather, Andrew D ^a   Mateka, James J L ^a   Nfonsam, Valentine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052965666     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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