CT colonography: Does it satisfy the necessary criteria for a colorectal screening test?

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-213

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal cancer; colorectal polyps; CT colonography; screening; virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894121556     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: 17474132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474124.2014.887436     Document Type: Editorial

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