The Management of Small Polyps Found by Virtual Colonoscopy: Results of a Decision Analysis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Hur, Chin ^a,b   Chung, Daniel C ^a,b   Schoen, Robert E ^d   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 33846798127     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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