Open AccessRisk of colorectal neoplasm in patients with acromegaly: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Theodoros Rokkas,
Dimitrios Pistiolas,
Panos Sechopoulos,
Georgios Margantinis,
Georgios Koukoulis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.3484
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , random effects model , confidence interval , odds ratio , colorectal cancer , publication bias , funnel plot , fixed effects model , gastroenterology , oncology , cancer , statistics , mathematics , panel data
To examine the risk of colorectal neoplasm in acromegalic patients by meta-analyzing all relevant controlled studies.