Increasing prevalence of right-sided colonic adenomas in a high-volume endoscopy department in Romania: Implications for colorectal cancer screening

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-151

  Vişovan, Irina Ioana ^a   Tanţǎu, Marcel ^b,c   Ciobanu, Lidia ^b,c   Pascu, Oliviu ^b,c   Tanţǎu, Alina ^a,b  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Hepatology Octavian Fodor   (Romania)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Polypectomy; Right sided adenoma

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMANIA; TUMOR VOLUME; VILLOUS ADENOMA; ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA;

EID: 84901952055     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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