CT colonography in the diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer: Emphasis on pre- and post-surgical evaluation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2014-2022

  Hong, Nurhee ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonic cancer; Colonoscopy; Computed tomographic colonography; Rectal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADENOMA; AGED; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894539348     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.2014     Document Type: Article

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