From colonic polyps to colon cancer: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis.
Epidemiologists, basic researchers, clinicians, and public health administrators unite! Develop and implement a simple, safe, and effective preventive and screening test for colon cancer. The public will willingly and enthusiastically accept such a test. Many thousands of lives are at stake every year.
Cappell
Mitchell S
MS
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141-3098, USA. mscappell@yahoo.com
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors