Computer technology affects nearly every aspect of our daily lives, with electronic tools
performing feats once possible only in science fiction movies. Computed tomographic (CT) …

Every year more than one million new patients are diagnosed with colon cancer worldwide.
Although multiple prospective randomized trials and observational studies have …

Clinical evidence amassed over the last several decades indicates that routine colorectal
cancer (CRC) screening, compared to no screening, detects CRC at an earlier stage …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to highlight key issues in CT colonography (CTC)
for radiologists so they can represent the technology accurately to referring physicians and …

PURPOSE: Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) has been suggested as a potential
alternative to colonoscopy for screening patients at risk for colorectal cancer. A recent …

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography has been advocated as an alternative colorectal
screening method because studies in populations with a high prevalence of polyps have …

Although optical colonoscopy is the criterion standard for colorectal cancer screening, CT
colonography is now accepted to be useful when screening average-risk patients. Earlier …

Existing and emerging colorectal screening tests can be assessed in terms of the key
categories of diagnostic performance, procedural risks, patient acceptability, and cost …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of extracolonic findings
when screening is undertaken by CT colonography (CTC). MATERIALS AND METhODS …

Background: The majority of colorectal cancers arise from benign neoplasms (adenomatous
polyps). Adenomas of 1 cm or more in diameter confer a higher risk of colorectal cancer than …