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The role of virtual colonoscopy in colorectal screening
The role of virtual colonoscopy in colorectal screening
- Source :
- Clinical Imaging. 40:315-320
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The earlier colorectal cancer is detected, the better chance a person has of surviving 5 years after being diagnosed, emphasizing the need for effective and regular colorectal screening. Computed tomographic colonography has repeatedly demonstrated sensitivities equivalent to the current gold standard, optical colonoscopy, in the detection of clinically relevant polyps. It is an accurate, safe, affordable, available, reproducible, quick, and cost-effective option for colorectal screening and should be considered for mass screening.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Virtual colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Computed Tomographic Colonography
Early Detection of Cancer
Mass screening
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Gold standard (test)
medicine.disease
United States
Survival Rate
Optical colonoscopy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Radiology
Morbidity
Colorectal Neoplasms
business
Colonography, Computed Tomographic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08997071
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0261520555ec90df8d97e0882e56795e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.07.009