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 ...

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 ...

2.1.1 Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...

Computed tomography (CT) colonography is a more cost-effective and more clinically effective method for colorectal cancer screening, compared to stool DNA testing (mt-sDNA), new research published in ...

Background: Computerized tomographic (CT) colonography is a potential alternative to colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. Its main advantage, a better safety profile, may be offset by its ...

» How is CT colonography performed? CT colonography takes about 15 minutes. At the beginning of the procedure, the colon is filled with carbon dioxide or air with a tube introduced into the rectum.

CT colonography is a test that uses CT scans to check the large bowel (colon) and back passage (rectum). It’s also called a CTC or a virtual colonoscopy. You have this test as an outpatient in the CT ...

Initial CTC screening performed as well as universal colonoscopy in the detection of advanced neoplasia — and minimized the risk for perforation. In earlier studies, the accuracy of computed ...