Colorectal cancer screening: Factors associated with colonoscopy after a positive faecal occult blood test

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1437-1444

  Ferrat, E ^a,b   Le Breton, J ^a,b   Veerabudun, K ^a,b,c   Bercier, S ^b,d   Brixi, Z ^d   Khoshnood, B ^e   Paillaud, E ^a,c   Attali, C ^a,b   Bastuji Garin, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Association de Dépistage Organisé des Cancers dans le Val de Marne   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884595846     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.476     Document Type: Article

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