The first 3 years of national bowel cancer screening at a single UK tertiary centre

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-173

  Gupta, S ^a   Saunders, B P ^a   Fraser, C ^a   Kennedy, R H ^a   Ignjatovic, A ^a   Sala, S ^a   Marshall, S ^a   Suzuki, N ^a   Vance, M ^a   Thomas Gibson, S ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel; Cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCULT BLOOD; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADENOMA; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862962933     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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