Routine screening for colon cancer after conservative treatment of diverticulitis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 408-411

  Schout, Pim J C ^a   Spillenaar Bilgen, Ernst Jan ^a   Groenen, Marcel J M ^b  

^a Departments of Surgery   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873878680     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345332     Document Type: Article

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