Effectiveness of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in men and women and different age groups: Pooled analysis of randomised trials

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Holme, Øyvind ^a,b   Schoen, Robert E ^c   Senore, Carlo ^d   Segnan, Nereo ^d   Hoff, Geir ^e,f   Løberg, Magnus ^b,h   Bretthauer, Michael ^a,b,g,h   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,g,i   Kalager, Mette ^b,g,h  

^a Sorlandet Hospital Kristiansand   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIGMOIDOSCOPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 85009830705     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i6673     Document Type: Article

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