High prevalence of hyperplastic polyposis syndrome (serrated polyposis) in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme

Gut

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 475-

  Biswas, Sujata ^a   Ellis, Antony J ^a   Guy, Richard ^b   Savage, Helen ^b   Madronal, Karen ^b   East, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POLYPOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATED POLYPOSIS SYNDROME; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84873411892     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303233     Document Type: Letter

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