Is virtual colonoscopy a cost-effective option to screen for colorectal cancer?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2268-2274

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a,b   Delco, Fabiola ^c   Bauerfeind, Peter ^d  

^a VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0033180017     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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