Trends in the national cancer screening program for colorectal cancer in the Republic of Korea, 2004-2009

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3489-3493

  Park, Mi Jin ^a   Choi, Kui Son ^a   Jun, Jae Kwan ^a   Lee, Hoo Yeon ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Korea; National cancer screening program; Participation rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864501173     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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