Editorial: Portrait of a polyp: The CTC dilemma

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Iafrate, Franco ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^b   Pickhardt, Perry J ^c   Pichi, Alessandro ^a   Stagnitti, Andrea ^a   Zullo, Angelo ^b   Di Giulio, Emilio ^d   Laghi, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76649107077     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9494-3     Document Type: Editorial

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