Frequency and impact of extracolonic findings detected at computed tomographic colonography in a symptomatic population

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Khan, K Y ^a   Xiong, T ^b   McCafferty, I ^a   Riley, P ^a   Ismail, T ^a   Lilford, R J ^b   Morton, D G ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947248702     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5498     Document Type: Article

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