CT colonography offers 1-stop screening for cancer and osteoporosis
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 09:01
in Health & Medicine
New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once - colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)...
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