European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis. First Edition Quality assurance in endoscopy in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis

Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL3, 2012, Pages

  Valori, R ^a   Rey, J F ^b   Atkin, W S ^c   Bretthauer, M ^d   Senore, C ^e   Hoff, G ^f   Kuipers, E J ^g   Altenhofen, L ^h   Lambert, R ⁱ   Minoli, G ^j  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT ARNAULT TZANCK   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e CPO Piemonte and S Giovanni University Hospital   (Italy)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care   (Germany)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^j VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal neoplasms; endoscopy; evidence based guidelines; flexible sigmoidoscopy; mass screening; multidisciplinary population based programmes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AERATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMFORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84866558685     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1309795     Document Type: Review

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