CT Colonography Versus Optical Colonoscopy for Screening Asymptomatic Patients for Colorectal Cancer. A Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO) Analysis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-571

  El Maraghi, Robert H ^a   Kielar, Ania Z ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie   (Canada)

Author keywords

colon cancer; CT colonography; Evidence based medicine; methods standards; optical colonoscopy; polyp; radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63349106976     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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