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Most bowel cancer symptoms do not indicate colorectal cancer and polyps: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Bowel symptoms are often considered an indication to perform colonoscopy to identify or rule out colorectal cancer or precancerous polyps. Investigation of bowel symptoms for this purpose is recommended by numerous clinical guidelines. However, the evidence for this practice is unclear....

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Autores principales: Adelstein, Barbara-Ann, Macaskill, Petra, Chan, Siew F, Katelaris, Peter H, Irwig, Les
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21624112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-65