Computed tomographic colonography versus barium enema for diagnosis of colorectal cancer or large polyps in symptomatic patients (SIGGAR): A multicentre randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9873, 2013, Pages 1185-1193

  Halligan, Steve ^a   Wooldrage, Kate ^b   Dadswell, Edward ^b   Kralj Hans, Ines ^b   Von Wagner, Christian ^a   Edwards, Rob ^c   Yao, Guiqing ^d   Kay, Clive ^e   Burling, David ^f   Faiz, Omar ^f   Teare, Julian ^g   Lilford, Richard J ^d   Morton, Dion ^d   Wardle, Jane ^a   Atkin, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84875859434     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62124-2     Document Type: Article

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