CT colonography and cost-effectiveness

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2485-2497

  Mavranezouli, Ifigeneia ^a   East, James E ^b   Taylor, Stuart A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon polyps; Colonography; Colonoscopy; Computed tomography; Economics

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049147702     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1058-y     Document Type: Review

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