Seventeen percent of hospitals offered computed tomographic colonography in 2008 compared to 13 percent in 2005, according to a study published in Journal of the American College of Radiology.

New ACRIN Data Confirms CTC as Effective as Standard Colonoscopy for Americans Ages 65+ WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New data from the largest study to date examining the ...

July 27, 2010 — Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) is a promising technique for colorectal cancer screening and is less invasive than optical colonoscopy. However, it is currently not a ...

(HealthDay News) – For patients at average-to-moderate risk of colon cancer, computed tomographic colonography (CTC) accurately detects adenomas 10mm or larger, but not smaller lesions, according to a ...

The American Gastroenterological Association says gastroenterologists planning to use computed tomographic colonography, an alternative to traditional colonoscopy, should undergo more training than ...

The accuracy of computed tomographic colonography ("virtual colonoscopy") for the detection of colorectal cancer is lower than that for conventional colonoscopy, suggesting that use of "virtual" ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) depicts cancers and other clinically important conditions that would be missed with standard colonoscopy and at very little additional cost, ...

A new study published in The Lancet continues the debate about the relative merits of air contrast barium enema (ACBE), computed tomographic colonography (CTC or virtual colonoscopy) and colonoscopy ...

Most experts will conclude from these results that computed tomographic colonography is not adequate as a substitute for colonoscopy. Patients typically want to know whether they have polyps in the ...

Colonoscopies could be made a bit more comfortable for people if they involved lying in a CT scanner, rather than being probed with an endoscope, and at the same time didn't require drinking upward of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who have had a negative colonoscopy, less-invasive screening options may work just fine for follow-up cancer tests, a new analysis suggests. "No one screening ...