Limited effect of summer warming on the sensitivity of colorectal cancer screening

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-

  Zorzi, Manuel ^a   Baracco, Susanna ^a   Fedato, Chiara ^a  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FECES LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TUMOR VOLUME; WINTER;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 83555179250     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.233023     Document Type: Letter

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