Computed tomography colonography: The future of colon cancer screening

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Fraser Hill, Margaret ^a,c   Walsh, Cynthia ^a   Seppala, Rik ^a   Tao, Hardy ^a   Stein, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon diseases; Colon neoplasms; Colonography; Colonoscopy; Computed tomography; Radiography; Spiral computed tomography; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BARIUM SULFATE; CANADA; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949123007     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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