The dilemma of the threshold age to start screening for colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia

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¹ Head Section, Colon and Rectal Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh, P. O. Box 3354 (MBC 40), Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Editorial

Nasser Alsanea. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2014 May-Jun.

. 2014 May-Jun;20(3):141-2.

doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.132976.

¹ Head Section, Colon and Rectal Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh, P. O. Box 3354 (MBC 40), Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Prevalence and characteristics of colonic polyps and adenomas in 2654 colonoscopies in Saudi Arabia.
Almadi MA, Alharbi O, Azzam N, Wadera J, Sadaf N, Aljebreen AM. Almadi MA, et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2014 May-Jun;20(3):154-61. doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.132986. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2014. PMID: 24976278 Free PMC article.

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