The impact of colorectal cancer screening in a Veteran Hospital population

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-300

  Trombold, John ^a,b   Farmer, Russell W ^a,b   McCafferty, Michael ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENTUCKY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERANS;

EID: 84876140814     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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