Open AccessDemographic characteristics and the first program of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in north of Iran (2016)
Author(s) -
HosseinAli Nikbakht,
Haleh Ghaem,
Javad ShokriShirvani,
Saber Ghaffari-Fam,
Sedigheh Alijanpour
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2219-679X
pISSN - 2078-6891
DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2018.04.04
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , body mass index , demography , residence , test (biology) , population , cancer , gerontology , environmental health , paleontology , sociology , biology
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common types of gastrointestinal cancers. This study aimed to determine the demographic characteristics and their relationships with the results of the first screening program for CRC in people over 50 years old in northern Iran.