Computed tomographic colonography: assessment of radiologist performance with and without computer-aided detection

S Halligan, DG Altman, S Mallett, SA Taylor, D Burling… - Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
Background & AimsIn isolation, computer-aided detection (CAD) for computed tomographic
(CT) colonography is as effective as optical colonoscopy for detection of significant …

Computed tomographic colonography to screen for colorectal cancer, extracolonic cancer, and aortic aneurysm: model simulation with cost-effectiveness analysis

C Hassan, P Pickhardt, A Laghi, D Kim… - Archives of internal …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Background In addition to detecting colorectal neoplasia, abdominal computed tomography
(CT) with colonography technique (CTC) can also detect unsuspected extracolonic cancers …

Community-based screening by colonoscopy or computed tomographic colonography in asymptomatic average-risk subjects

RG Scott, JT Edwards, L Fritschi… - Official journal of the …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES Visualizing the entire colorectum in screening is an advantage of
colonoscopy, and also computed tomographic (CT) colonography, another potentially …

Colorectal cancer: cost-effectiveness of colonoscopy versus CT colonography screening with participation rates and costs

MP van der Meulen, I Lansdorp-Vogelaar, SL Goede… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare the cost-effectiveness of computed tomographic (CT) colonography
and colonoscopy screening by using data on unit costs and participation rates from a …

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 …

Reasons for participation and nonparticipation in colorectal cancer screening: a randomized trial of colonoscopy and CT colonography

TR De Wijkerslooth, MC De Haan… - Official journal of the …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: We compared reported reasons for participation and nonparticipation in
colorectal cancer (CRC) screening between colonoscopy and computed tomographic (CT) …

ACG colorectal cancer prevention action plan: update on CT-colonography

DK Rex, D Lieberman - Official journal of the American College of …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
As part of its Action Plan on Colorectal Cancer Prevention (1), the American College of
Gastroenterology (ACG) will provide intermittent updates for clinicians on key developments …

An analysis of the potential impact of computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy) on colonoscopy demand

C Hur, GS Gazelle, ME Zalis, DK Podolsky - Gastroenterology, 2004 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: There has been much speculation about the potential impact on the
use of conventional colonoscopy if “virtual” computed tomographic colonography (CTC) …

Cost-effectiveness of colonoscopy

AG Zauber - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics, 2010 - giendo.theclinics.com
Colonoscopy was first recommended as a primary screening test for colorectal cancer
(CRC) in the 1997 Guidelines of the GI Consortium, 1 which provided a menu of CRC …

CON: Immediate colonoscopy is not necessary in patients who have polyps smaller than 1 cm on computed tomographic colonography

DF Ransohoff - Official journal of the American College of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Recommendations to patients that polyps smaller than 1 cm, detected by computed
tomographic colonography (CTC), lack importance and can be ignored for long intervals …