Negative screening colonoscopy after a positive guaiac faecal occult blood test: Not a contraindication to continued screening

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 943-946

  Carrera, A ^a   Mcclements, P L ^b   Watling, C ^b   Libby, G ^c   Weller, D ^d   Brewster, D H ^b   Carey, F A ^a   Fraser, C G ^c   Steele, R J C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Bowel Screening Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84864372321     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02849.x     Document Type: Article

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