Is virtual colonoscopy a cost-effective option to screen for colorectal cancer?

A Sonnenberg, F Delcò… - Official journal of the …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
colorectal cancer was taken from published SEER statistics (15). The efficacy of colonoscopy
in reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer … the efficacy of colonoscopy multiplied by the …

Virtual colonoscopy: a new approach for colorectal cancer screening

CMN Dykes - Gastroenterology Nursing, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… , virtual angioscopy, and cerebral ventriculography. Current screening recommendations for
colorectal cancer … , advantages, challenges, and future opportunities for virtual colonoscopy. …

Colorectal cancer screening: the potential role of virtual colonoscopy

JH Bond - Journal of gastroenterology, 2002 - Springer
… approaches the accuracy of colonoscopy for diagnosing advanced lesions. Before virtual
colonoscopy can be promoted for population-based screening for colorectal cancer, a number …

Colon cancer screening with virtual colonoscopy: promise, polyps, politics

JT Ferrucci - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… the context of cost-benefit analysis of various test strategies for colorectal cancer screening.
Virtual colonoscopy may allow patients to obtain reliable information about the status of their …

Progress in refining virtual colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening

JH Bond - Gastroenterology, 2005 - gastrojournal.org
… method for screening for colorectal cancer that should bolster our … to the colorectal cancer
guidelines’ menu of acceptable screening options. Vining earlier likened the colorectal cancer

[HTML][HTML] Virtual colonoscopy in stenosing colorectal cancer

M Coccetta, C Migliaccio, F La Mura, E Farinella… - Annals of surgical …, 2009 - Springer
colonoscopy because of stenosing colorectal cancer. The main benefits from from its employment
are that the intraoperative colonoscopy is not … cancer avoiding further surgery later on. …

Virtual colonoscopy vs conventional colonoscopy in patients at high risk of colorectal cancer – a prospective trial of 150 patients

TJ White, GR Avery, N Kennan, AM Syed… - Colorectal …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Virtual colonoscopy (VC)/CT colonography has advantages over the well‐documented
limitations of colonoscopy/barium enema. This prospective blinded investigative …

The role of virtual colonoscopy in colorectal screening

JD Patel, KJ Chang - Clinical imaging, 2016 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
The earlier colorectal cancer … need for effective and regular colorectal screening. Computed …

Extracolonic findings at virtual colonoscopy: an important consideration in asymptomatic colorectal cancer screening

JR Kimberly, KC Phillips, P Santago… - Journal of general …, 2009 - Springer
… The cost of the evaluation of extra-colonic findings following virtual colonoscopy may be …
-effectiveness of using virtual colonoscopy for asymptomatic colorectal cancer screening and …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for colorectal cancer with FOBT, virtual colonoscopy and optical colonoscopy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in the Florence district …

L Sali, G Grazzini, F Carozzi, G Castiglione, M Falchini… - Trials, 2013 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequent cancer in Europe. Randomized
clinical trials demonstrated that screening with fecal occult blood test (FOBT) reduces mortality …