Clinical indications for computed tomographic colonography: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) Guideline

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 331-345

  Spada, Cristiano ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^b   Alarcon, Onofre ^c   Barbaro, Federico ^a   Bellini, Davide ^d   Bretthauer, Michael ^e   De Haan, Margriet C ^b   Dumonceau, Jean Marc ^f   Ferlitsch, Monika ^g   Halligan, Steve ^h   Helbren, Emma ^h   Hellstrom, Mikael ⁱ   Kuipers, Ernst J ^j   Lefere, Philippe ^k,l   Mang, Thomas ^g   Neri, Emanuele ^m   Petruzziello, Lucio ^a   Plumb, Andrew ^h   Regge, Daniele ⁿ   Taylor, Stuart A ^h   Hassan, Cesare ^a,o   Laghi, Andrea ^d   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f Gedyt Endoscopy Center ^*  (Argentina)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k Virtual Colonoscopy Teaching Centre   (Belgium)

^l AZ Delta   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁿ CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^o NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EUROPEAN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SOCIETY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONTRAINDICATIONS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; TIME TO TREATMENT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LONG-TERM CARE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84921936265     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3435-z     Document Type: Article

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