A recent study published in the journal Gut compares the efficacy of capsule endoscopy to CT colonography in patients with an incomplete colonoscopy. Of the 100 patients enrolled, capsule endoscopy ...

CT colonography reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer by up to 75% versus no screening, while stool DNA testing reduced the incidence by 59%. Stool testing was cost-effective relative to no ...

The U.S. Multisociety Task Force (MSTF) on Colorectal Cancer, the American Cancer Society, and the American College of Radiology recently added computed tomography colonography (CTC) to their joint ...

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In an unprecedented endorsement of evidence-based medicine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently decided to deny coverage of computed tomographic (CT) colonography for cancer ...

Colonography comprising a combined modality of PET and CT (PET–;CT) could shorten the multimodality diagnostic work-up required for the conventional staging of patients with colorectal cancer. In a ...

CT (computed tomography) colonography is a new type of x-ray exam that applies the well-known CT technique to examining the interior of the colon, or large intestine. CT itself is a noninvasive type ...

Seventeen percent of hospitals offered computed tomographic colonography in 2008 compared to 13 percent in 2005, according to a study published in Journal of the American College of Radiology.

New research reveals that computed tomography colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once -- colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which ...

Status quo of choice between colonoscopy and FIT was cost-effective for White adults; CTC was cost-saving versus no screening.

A prospective cohort study evaluated 2,600 participants aged 50 years and older who had colon cancer screening with multidetector CT colonography and same-day colonoscopy (N Engl J Med.

In Black adults, computed tomography colonography (CTC) is cost-effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in Cancer Medicine. Szu-Yu Zoe Kao, from ...