Population based endoscopic screening for colorectal cancer
Open Access
- 1 March 2003
- Vol. 52 (3) , 323-326
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.52.3.323
Abstract
One method of reducing the mortality of this disease is through earlier diagnosis but the symptoms and signs of bowel cancer are often non-specific and therefore earlier diagnosis is unlikely to occur through increased awareness or patient education alone.Keywords
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