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What Proportion of Patients Referred to Secondary Care with Iron Deficiency Anemia Have Colon Cancer?

Durgesh Raje, Hasan Mukhtar, Ayo Oshowo, Celia Ingham Clark

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2007 · 44 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Males referred with iron deficiency anemia have a significant risk of having colon cancer. The risk seems lower in females; this gender difference has been observed in other studies and further evidence should be sought before advising any change in referral practice.

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Prospective survey of investigations in outpatients referred with iron deficiency anaemia.

A. S. McIntyre, Richard Long · Gut · 1993 · 224 citations · Full text

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American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: Evaluation and management of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastroenterology · 2000 · 194 citations

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Risk factors for gastrointestinal malignancy in patients with iron-deficiency anaemia

Martin W. James, Chih‐Mei Chen, W Goddard et al. · European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology · 2005 · 90 citations

Can patient characteristics predict the outcome of endoscopic evaluation of iron deficiency anemia: a multiple logistic regression analysis

Gabriele Capurso, Flavia Baccini, John Osborn et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2004 · 58 citations

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