Should computed tomographic colonography replace optical colonoscopy in screening for colorectal cancer?

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-241

  Veerappan, Ganesh R ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Naval Medical Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer (CRC); Computed tomographic colonography (CTC); Screening; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67149130165     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.664     Document Type: Review

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