The American College of Gastroenterology and the 80% by 2018 Colorectal Cancer Initiative: A Multifaceted Approach to Maximize Screening Rates

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1360-1362

  Karlitz, Jordan J ^a   Oliphant, Anne Louise B ^b   Greenwald, David A ^c   Pochapin, Mark B ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American College of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028894984     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.217     Document Type: Short Survey

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