Colorectal cancer screening in Canada: Results from the first round of screening for five provincial programs

Current Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 252-257

  Major, Diane ^a   Bryant, H ^a   Delaney, M ^b   Fekete, S ^a   Gentile, L ^c   Harrison, M ^d   Mai, V ^a   Nicholson, E ^e   Taylor, Y ^f  

^a Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

^b Health PEI   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e Cancer Care Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^f SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average risk; Colorectal cancer; Fecal occult blood test; Guaiac; Immunochemical; Screening programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR INVASION;

EID: 84886886843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1646     Document Type: Article

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