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Colonoscopy in symptomatic patients with positive family history of colorectal cancer.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Charalambopoulos A, Syrigos K N, Ho J L, Murday V A, Leicester R J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) develop clinical signs and symptoms which are not specific for CRC, and usually at a late stage of the disease, resulting in a considerable delay of the diagnosis. In our study we examined patients with bowel symptoms which were at increased risk for developing CRC, because of their family history. METHODS: Over the last 6 years, colonoscopy was performed in...
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