Virtual colonoscopy as good as other colon cancer screening methods

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 17:28 in Health & Medicine

CT colonography (CTC), known as virtual colonoscopy, is as accurate at screening for colorectal cancers and pre-cancerous polyps as conventional colonoscopy, the current screening standard, according to the National CT Colonography Trial, a nationwide multi-centre study that included the San Francisco VA Medical Centre...

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