Is the Screening Score Based on Age, Gender, Family History and Smoking Useful in Selecting Asymptomatic Asian Subjects for Colorectal Cancer Screening?

Gi Hoon Lee; Young Eun Joo

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2011;58(5):293-295.

Published online: 4 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.58.5.293

Is the Screening Score Based on Age, Gender, Family History and Smoking Useful in Selecting Asymptomatic Asian Subjects for Colorectal Cancer Screening?

Gi Hoon Lee, Young Eun Joo

Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Correspondence to: Young Eun Joo, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8, Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-6296, Fax: +82-62-225-8578, E-mail: yejoo@chonnam.ac.kr

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The Asia-Pacific Colorectal Screening score: a validated tool that stratifies risk for colorectal advanced neoplasia in asymptomatic Asian subjects. (Gut 2011;60:1236–1241)

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