Role of CT colonography in colorectal cancer screening: Risks and benefits

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 692-700

  Pox, Christian P ^a   Schmiegel, Wolff ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BACTEREMIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON DILATATION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICARE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 77951739180     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.183046     Document Type: Review

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