Computed tomography colonography: Emerging evidence to further support clinical effectiveness

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

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

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; colorectal polyps; Computed tomography colonography; screening; virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84871639259     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32835a3480     Document Type: Review

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