Excellent performance of Hemoccult Sensa in organised colorectal cancer screening

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 923-930

  Kershenbaum, Anne ^a   Flugelman, Anath ^a   Lejbkowicz, Flavio ^a   Arad, Hana ^a   Rennert, Gad ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b Clalit Headquarters   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; FOBT; Guaiac; Hemoccult Sensa; Israel; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84873726933     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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