Screening for colorectal cancer: A guidance statement from the american college of physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 378-386

  Qaseem, Amir ^a   Denberg, Thomas D ^a   Hopkins, Robert H ^a   Humphrey, Linda L ^a   Levine, Joel ^a   Sweet, Donna E ^a   Shekelle, Paul ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857707165     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-5-201203060-00010     Document Type: Review

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