Colorectal cancer screening in Asia

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-42

  Ng, Siew C ^a   Wong, Sunny H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; colorectal cancer; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84876270426     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/lds040     Document Type: Article

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