Analysis of barriers to and patients' preferences for CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening in a nonadherent urban population

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Ho, Wendy ^a,b   Broughton, Darcy E ^a   Donelan, Karen ^a,c   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,c,d   Hur, Chin ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; CT colonography; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BOSTON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955605937     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3500     Document Type: Article

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