Advanced vs. "high-risk" adenomas: Identifying the relevant target for CT colonography screening

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1599-1600

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Kim, David H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67349111691     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.205     Document Type: Letter

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