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3 - Screening for colorectal cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

By
Steve Halligan
Edited by
Gina Brown
Steve Halligan
Affiliation:
Professor of Gastrointestinal Radiology, Department of Specialist Radiology Level 2 Podium University College Hospital 235 Euston Road London NW1 2BU
Gina Brown
Affiliation:
Royal Marsden Hospital
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Colorectal Cancer , pp. 34 - 59
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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  • Screening for colorectal cancer
    • By Steve Halligan, Professor of Gastrointestinal Radiology, Department of Specialist Radiology Level 2 Podium University College Hospital 235 Euston Road London NW1 2BU
  • Edited by Gina Brown
  • Book: Colorectal Cancer
  • Online publication: 07 September 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511902468.004
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  • Screening for colorectal cancer
    • By Steve Halligan, Professor of Gastrointestinal Radiology, Department of Specialist Radiology Level 2 Podium University College Hospital 235 Euston Road London NW1 2BU
  • Edited by Gina Brown
  • Book: Colorectal Cancer
  • Online publication: 07 September 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511902468.004
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  • Screening for colorectal cancer
    • By Steve Halligan, Professor of Gastrointestinal Radiology, Department of Specialist Radiology Level 2 Podium University College Hospital 235 Euston Road London NW1 2BU
  • Edited by Gina Brown
  • Book: Colorectal Cancer
  • Online publication: 07 September 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511902468.004
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