Indeterminate but likely unimportant extracolonic findings at screening CT colonography (C-RADS Category E3): Incidence and outcomes data from a clinical screening program

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 996-1001

  Dustin Pooler, B ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

C RADS; Colon; Colonography; CT; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84992609839     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.16.16275     Document Type: Article

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