CT colonography for detection of colon polyps and cancer [4] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9469, 2005, Pages 1464-1465

  Ferrucci, Joseph ^a   Rockey, D C ^b   Paulson, E ^b   Rubin, D T ^c   Halvorsen, R ^d   Thompson, W M ^b   Dachman, A ^e   Niedzwicki, D ^e  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; COLON TUMOR; NOTE; STANDARD;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS;

EID: 17844378462     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66413-6     Document Type: Letter

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4. S Halligan W Atkin Unbiased studies are needed before virtual colonoscopy can be dismissed Lancet 365 2005 275 276