Lower gastrointestinal symptoms are prevalent among individuals colonoscoped within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Rajasekhar, P T ^a,b   Ritchie, M ^a   Rutter, M D ^b,c,d   Clifford, G ^a   Waddup, G ^c   Dempsey, N ^a   Rubin, G P ^d   Rees, C J ^a,b,d  

^a South of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Region Endoscopy Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Tees Bowel Cancer Screening Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Consultation behaviour; Screening; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; CONSULTATION; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEFECATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84865411414     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03066.x     Document Type: Article

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