Unbiased studies are needed before virtual colonoscopy can be dismissed

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intestinal Imaging and Cancer Research UK Colorectal Cancer Unit, St Mark's Hospital, Northwick Park, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK. s.halligan@imperial.ac.uk

Comment

Steve Halligan et al. Lancet. 2005 Jan.

. 2005 Jan;365(9456):275-6.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17800-3.

¹ Department of Intestinal Imaging and Cancer Research UK Colorectal Cancer Unit, St Mark's Hospital, Northwick Park, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK. s.halligan@imperial.ac.uk

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CT colonography for detection of colon polyps and cancer.
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