Colonoscopy screening markedly reduces the occurrence of colon carcinomas and carcinoma-related death: A closed cohort study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-117

  Manser, Christine N ^a,d   Bachmann, Lucas M ^a   Brunner, Jakob ^b   Hunold, Fritz ^c   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a   Marbet, Urs A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Hospital of Glarus   (Switzerland)

^c Gastroenterological Practice ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Canton Uri   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPORT;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84862679542     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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