Effectiveness, training and quality assurance of colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer

Gut

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 982-990

  Robertson, Douglas J ^a,b   Kaminski, Michal F ^c,d,e   Bretthauer, Michael ^e,f  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; HEALTHY SCREENEE BIAS; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SELECTION BIAS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CURRICULUM; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84935020559     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308076     Document Type: Article

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