Low Prevalence of Criteria for Early Screening in Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 933-934

  Chen, Frank W ^a   Sundaram, Vandana ^a   Chew, Thomas A ^a   Ladabaum, Uri ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HEREDITARY TUMOR SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LI-FRAUMENI SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031400313     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.07.016     Document Type: Article

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