Computed Tomographic Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy): A Multicenter Comparison with Standard Colonoscopy for Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1713-1719

  Cotton, Peter B ^a   Durkalski, Valerie L ^a   Pineau, Benoit C ^c   Palesch, Yuko Y ^a   Mauldin, Patrick D ^a   Hoffman, Brenda ^a   Vining, David J ^c   Small, William C ^d   Affronti, John ^d   Rex, Douglas ^e   Kopecky, Kenyon K ^e   Ackerman, Susan ^b   Burdick, J Steven ^f   Brewington, Cecelia ^g   Turner, Mary A ^h   Zfass, Alvin ^h   Wright, Andrew R ⁱ   Iyer, Revathy B ^j   Lynch, Patrick ^j   Sivak, Michael V ^k   Butler, Harold ^k   more..

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144358036     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.14.1713     Document Type: Article

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