In the era of widespread endoscopy use, randomized trials may strongly underestimate the effects of colorectal cancer screening

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1144-1150

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Stock, Christian ^a   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; SCREENING; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84883446427     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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