Colon Cancer Screening, Polyp Size, and CT Colonography: Making Sense of It All?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2006-2009

  Rockey, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCINTISCANNING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33845678207     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.065     Document Type: Editorial

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