Systematic review of clinical features of suspected colorectal cancer in primary care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Del Giudice, M Elisabeth ^a,b   Vella, Emily T ^c   Hey, Amanda ^d   Simunovic, Marko ^e   Harris, William ^f   Levitt, Cheryl ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Northeastern Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^e JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^f THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84906264042     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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