Organised colorectal cancer screening in Lampang Province, Thailand: Preliminary results from a pilot implementation programme

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Khuhaprema, Thiravud ^a   Sangrajrang, Suleeporn ^a   Lalitwongsa, Somkiat ^b   Chokvanitphong, Vanida ^a   Raunroadroong, Tawarat ^b   Ratanachu Ek, Tawee ^c   Muwonge, Richard ^d   Lucas, Eric ^d   Wild, Christopher ^d   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^b Lampang Cancer Center   (Thailand)

^c Thai Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy   (Thailand)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTERED NURSE; SCALE UP; THAILAND; TUMOR BIOPSY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THAILAND;

EID: 84892840442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003671     Document Type: Article

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