Evaluating the long-term effect of FOBT in colorectal cancer screening

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Luo, Dianhong ^a   Cambon, Alexander C ^a   Wu, Dongfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Over diagnosis; Sensitivity; Sojourn time; Symptom free life; True early detection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84855841165     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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