Colorectal cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7924, 2013, Pages

  Hamilton, William ^a   Coleman, Mark G ^b   Rubin, Greg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEFECATION HABIT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABLE COLON; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84884578659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3172     Document Type: Short Survey

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