Suspected Extracolonic Neoplasms Detected on CT Colonography. Literature Review and Possible Outcomes

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 667-674

  Wernli, Karen J ^a   Rutter, Carolyn M ^a,b   Dachman, Abraham H ^c   Zafar, Hanna M ^d  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Extracolonic findings; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84877354444     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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