Mass screening for colorectal cancer by testing fecal occult blood
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Screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood testing.
153 SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WITH FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTING AND COLONOSCOPY: CORRELATION OF CLINICAL DATA, SITE, SIZE AND DISEASE’S STAGE Iuliana Taraşi, Gabriela Florenţa Dumitrescu, Anca Indrei, P. Plămădeală, Anca Trifan, C. Stanciu, 1 Departament of Gastroenterology, „St. Spiridon” Emergency Clinical Hospital Iaşi 2 Department of Pathology, „Prof. Dr. N. Oblu” Emergency Clinical Hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860601)57:11<2241::aid-cncr2820571129>3.0.co;2-t