Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography A Comprehensive Overview /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cash, Brooks D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Primary Care Medicine.

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography: A Comprehensive Overview is an authoritative volume on CT colonography. Structured in a manner that will allow the reader to understand the practical and larger public health issues surrounding both CT colonography and CRC screen...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests and Recommendations
• CTC Background and Development
• Indications and Evidence for CTC
• Performance and Interpretation of CTC
• Integration of CTC into a CRC Screening Program
• CTC Controversies (Radiation exposure, Extracolonic findings, Cost-effectiveness)
• CTC Pitfalls/Limitations
• Future Directions/Innovations with CTC (Prepless CTC, Alternative displays, Computer aided detection).