Abstract

MARTEN MAREN, Daisy; RAMIREZ ARIAS, María Caridad  and  FERNANDEZ DUHARTE, Jesús. Value of the hidden blood in feces for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.12, pp. 1763-1768. ISSN 1029-3019.

At the present time, of all the visceral morbid processes affecting the human being, colorectal cancer is the one causing death more frequently. Taking as base the more and more high incidence of this tumor in the world, and specifically in Santiago de Cuba province, the interest arose in proposing a deeper study of the patients who were positive to tumoral cells in the ureasa test. The objective of this work was to deal important aspects related to the opportune diagnosis of the disease, which requires of the integration of several hospital services, in order to avoid death among those affected

Keywords : colorectal cancer; diagnosis of colorectal cancer; colonoscopy; feces; secondary health care.

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