Strong evidence in support of CT colonography screening

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADENOMA; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84855330681     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70297-2     Document Type: Letter

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