Clinical assessment to determine the risk of bowel cancer using Symptoms, Age, Mass and Iron deficiency anaemia (SAMI)

• Published in: British Journal of Surgery
• Main Authors: Thompson, M R, O'Leary, D P, Flashman, K, Asiimwe, A, Ellis, B G, Senapati, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2017
• Subjects: Ida; sami
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10573; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fbjs.10573; http://academic.oup.com/bjs/article-pdf/104/10/1393/36207739/bjs10573.pdf

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to identify characteristics with independent predictive value for bowel cancer for use in the clinical assessment of patients attending colorectal outpatient clinics. Methods This was a 22-year (1986–2007) retrospective cohort analysis of data collected...