Colorectal cancer: does early detection matter?
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Colorectal cancer: does early detection matter?
It is not within the scope of an editorial to completely review all the literature on the subject, but this will be an attempt to summarise the topic by addressing the following five points. (1) Does the early detection of colorectal neoplasia in the asymptomatic average risk population change the amount of morbidity and mortality from this disease? The survival from colorectal cancer is relate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.907.289