Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 350-351 , May 2010

Colorectal cancer screening: Dying en route?

  • Silvio Danese

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: IBD Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39 02 8224 4771; fax: +39 02 8224 4590.
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  • Luigi Laghi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • Alessandro Repici

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • Alberto Malesci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

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PII: S1590-8658(10)00090-3

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.03.001

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 350-351 , May 2010

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