miércoles, 31 de octubre de 2007

“CT Colonography as Effective as Colonoscopy in Detecting Advanced Neoplasia”

Conclusions: Primary CTC and OC screening strategies resulted in similar detection rates for advanced neoplasia, although the numbers of polypectomies and complications were considerably smaller in the CTC group. These findings support the use of CTC as a primary screening test before therapeutic OC.
Journal Watch General Medicine (October 3, 2007)
http://general-medicine.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2007/1003/1
New England Journal of Medicine (October 4, 2007)
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/14/1403?linkType=FULL&journalCode=nejm&resid=357/14/1403