Yearly diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients age 80years or older, with a special interest in colorectal cancer

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-303

  Loffeld, Ruud J L F ^a   Liberov, Boris ^a   Dekkers, Pascale E P ^a  

^a ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic yield; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Octogenarian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859005487     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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