Invitation to screening with colonoscopy had lower participation but similar yield as CT colonography

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Koretz, Ronald L ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84863919682     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-2-201207170-02005     Document Type: Article

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