Cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening with computed tomography colonography or fecal blood tests

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1372-1379

  Heresbach, Denis ^a,c   Chauvin, Pauline ^b,c   Grolier, Jacques ^b,c   Josselin, Jean Michel ^b,c  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer screening; computed tomography colonoscopy; cost effectiveness analysis; immunological fecal occult blood test; incremental cost effectiveness ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78049238208     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32833eaa71     Document Type: Article

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