Virtual colonoscopy: can we screen for cancer of the colon?

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W MacMillan Rodney et al. Curr Surg. 2003 Mar-Apr.

. 2003 Mar-Apr;60(2):130-4.

doi: 10.1016/s0149-7944(02)00792-4.

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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