Extracolonic findings on CT colonography increases yield of colorectal cancer screening

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-686

  Veerappan, Ganesh R ^a,b   Ally, Mazer R ^a,b   Choi, Jong Ho R ^a   Pak, Jennifer S ^a   Maydonovitch, Corinne ^a   Wong, Roy K H ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; CT colonography; Extracolonic findings; High risk lesions; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956823103     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3779     Document Type: Article

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