Toward standardizing and reporting colorectal cancer screening indicators on an international level: The international colorectal cancer screening network

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2961-2973

  Benson, Victoria S ^a   Atkin, Wendy S ^b   Green, Jane ^a   Nadel, Marion R ^c   Patnick, Julietta ^a,d   Smith, Robert A ^e   Villain, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test; flexible sigmoidoscopy; screening evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; STANDARDIZATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GUAIAC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84859922604     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26310     Document Type: Article

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