Lower endoscopy reduces colorectal cancer incidence in older individuals

Gastroenterology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kahi, Charles J ^a,b   Myers, Laura J ^a,b   Slaven, James E ^a   Haggstrom, David ^a,b,c   Pohl, Heiko ^b,d   Robertson, Douglas J ^b,d   Imperiale, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer; Early Detection; Geriatric Medicine; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON; VERY ELDERLY;

COLON CANCER; EARLY DETECTION; GERIATRIC MEDICINE; PREVENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84894349998     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.11.050     Document Type: Article

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