Small and diminutive polyps detected at screening CT colonography: A decision analysis for referral to colonoscopy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-144

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a,b   Hassan, Cesare ^c   Laghi, Andrea ^d   Zullo, Angelo ^c   Kim, David H ^a   Iafrate, Franco ^d   Morini, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal polyps; CT colonography; CT colonography screening; Health care costs

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYPECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549067786     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2646     Document Type: Article

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