High prevalence of serrated polyposis syndrome in fit-based colorectal cancer screening programmes

Gut

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-477

  Moreira, Leticia ^a   Pellisé, Maria ^a   Carballal, Sabela ^a   Bessa, Xavier ^b   Ocaña, Teresa ^a   Serradesanferm, Anna ^a   Grau, Jaume ^a   Macià, Francesc ^b   Andreu, Montserrat ^b   Castells, Antoni ^a   Balaguer, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POLYPOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATED POLYPOSIS SYNDROME; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84873406076     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303496     Document Type: Letter

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