A case-control study was conducted involving 145 patients with breast cancer and 144 controls. A pansigmoidoscopy was performed in each case and control. There was no statistically significant difference in the length of the colon explored (cases, 50.3 cm, controls, 48.9). The odds ratio for adenoma
A mathematical computer simulation model for the development of colonic polyps and colon cancer
β Scribed by Dr. Lewis E. Mehl
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 939 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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