CT colonography: Perforation rates and potential radiation risks

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-291

  Berrington de Gonzalez, A ^a   Kim, Kwang Pyo ^b   Yee, Judy ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonography; Colorectal cancer; Computed tomography; Perforation; Radiation; Risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPLICATION; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; UNITED STATES;

COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952577251     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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