Debate: Small (6-9 mm) and diminutive (1-5 mm) polyps noted on CTC: How should they be managed?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Lieberman, David ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon imaging; Colon polyps; Colonoscopy; CT colonography

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; MASS SCREENING; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952576623     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2010.02.012     Document Type: Review

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