Virtual colonoscopy: What is its role in cancer screening?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-191

  Ahluwalia, Jaspal Singh ^a   Miser, William F ^b   Bova, James G ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; ROLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947359833     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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