The future of colon cancer screening: What do we recommend and will it be too much, too little, or just right?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1956-1958

  Corley, Douglas A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLOGRAPHY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 81855209801     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.10.007     Document Type: Editorial

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