Open AccessColonoscopic evaluation of minimal rectal bleeding in average-risk patients for colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Shahriar Nikpour,
Ali Asgari
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.14.6536
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , hemorrhoids , gastroenterology , rectum , family history , ulcerative colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , adenocarcinoma , surgery , cancer , disease
To assess the prevalence of clinically significant lesions in patients with minimal bright red bleeding per rectum (BRBPR).