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

PJ Pickhardt - Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Existing and emerging colorectal screening tests can be assessed in terms of the key
categories of diagnostic performance, procedural risks, patient acceptability, and cost …

CT colonography versus optical colonoscopy for screening asymptomatic patients for colorectal cancer: a patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) analysis

RH El-Maraghi, AZ Kielar - Academic radiology, 2009 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The American College of Radiology has recently endorsed
the use of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) for colon cancer screening. With …

Cost-effectiveness of computed tomography colonography in colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review

P Hanly, M Skally, H Fenlon, L Sharp - International journal of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Objectives: The European Code Against Cancer recommends individuals aged≥ 50 should
participate in colorectal cancer screening. CT-colonography (CTC) is one of several …

Building a CT colonography program: necessary ingredients for reimbursement and clinical success

PJ Pickhardt, AJ Taylor, GL Johnson, LA Fleming… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
Since its inception in April of 2004, the computed tomographic (CT) colonography clinical
program at our institution has rapidly grown into a bustling viable enterprise. This editorial …

Adoption of CT colonography by US hospitals

M McHugh, A Osei-Anto, CN Klabunde… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE:: Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) is a new noninvasive technology
proposed as an option for colorectal cancer screening. The purpose of this study was to …

Colonoscopy versus computed tomography colonography for colorectal cancer screening

R Akhtar, M Lee, SH Itzkowitz - Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of death among North
Americans of both sexes. Although screening rates for colorectal cancer in the United States …

[HTML][HTML] Does CT colonography have a role for population-based colorectal cancer screening?

MC de Haan, S Halligan, J Stoker - European radiology, 2012 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer and second most common
cause of cancer-related deaths in Europe. CRC screening has been proven to reduce …

Computed tomography colonography: a current appraisal

CD Johnson - Gastroenterology, 2009 - gastrojournal.org
Computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) is a specialized CT examination of the
abdomen and pelvis in which imaging data, combined with advanced imaging software …

[HTML][HTML] CT colonography ('virtual colonoscopy'): Is it ready for colorectal cancer screening?

JP Heiken - Cancer Imaging, 2003 - Springer
Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide [1] but is largely
preventable. Most colorectal cancers arise from benign adenomatous polyps, which grow …

Colon cancer screening, polyp size, and CT colonography: making sense of it all?

DC Rockey - Gastroenterology, 2006 - europepmc.org
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