Changing site distribution patterns of colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Analyzed data from an earlier reported experience with colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, compared with findings observed and analyzed from 1959 to 1977 indicate a changing pattern of distribution of colorectal cancers. These changes lead to therapeutic conclusion that fiberoptic flexible sigmoidoscopy is the preferred diagnostic tool.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy