Screen-detected colorectal cancers show improved cancer-specific survival when compared with cancers diagnosed via the 2-week suspected colorectal cancer referral guidelines

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Courtney, E D ^a   Chong, D ^a   Tighe, R ^a   Easterbrook, J R ^b   Stebbings, W S L ^a   Hernon, J ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Faecal occult blood testing; Malignant colorectal polyps; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873019051     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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