Sensitivity and specificity of CT colonography for the detection of colonic neoplasia after positive faecal occult blood testing: Systematic review and meta-analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1049-1058

  Plumb, Andrew A ^a   Halligan, Steve ^a,c   Pendsé, Douglas A ^a   Taylor, Stuart A ^a   Mallett, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; CT colonography; Occult blood; Review; Screening; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LAXATIVE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM ADENOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOMA; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898780714     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3106-0     Document Type: Article

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