Advanced Neoplasia Detection Rates at Colonoscopy Screening: Implications for CT Colonography

Gastroenterology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1121-1122

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^b  

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

^b NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60449119276     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.11.062     Document Type: Letter

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