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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography

A Comprehensive Overview

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  • Features clinical vignettes for several chapters
  • Provides training and interpretation of CT Colonography images
  • Authors are authorities in both the gastroenterology and radiology fields

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Overview of Colorectal Cancer

    • Joseph C. Anderson, Douglas J. Robertson
    Pages 1-28
  3. CTC Background and Development

    • Darren Boone, Stuart A. Taylor, Steve Halligan
    Pages 41-58
  4. Indications and Evidence for CTC

    • Elizabeth G. McFarland
    Pages 59-72
  5. Performance and Interpretation of CTC

    • Peter D. Poullos, Christopher F. Beaulieu
    Pages 73-113
  6. Integration of CTC into a CRC Screening Program

    • Steven Carpenter
    Pages 115-126
  7. CTC Controversies (Radiation Exposure, Extracolonic Findings, Cost-Effectiveness)

    • Andrea Laghi, Franco Iafrate, Maria Ciolina, Paolo Baldassari
    Pages 127-136
  8. CTC Pitfalls/Limitations

    • Donald W. Jensen, Duncan Barlow
    Pages 137-168
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 191-195

About this book

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography: A Comprehensive Overview is an authoritative volume on CT colonography. Structured in a manner that will allow the reader to understand the practical and larger public health issues surrounding both CT colonography and CRC screening in general, the text is designed to reach a broad audience of specialist clinicians and primary care physicians. The book provides an overview of the disease and risk factors of colorectal cancer, as well as the history and development of CTC as both a colorectal imaging and screening modality. The text also reviews the controversies, potential pitfalls, and exciting new directions and capabilities inherent in the practice of CTC.

Filled with high quality images and authored by experts in the field, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography: A Comprehensive Overview is the definitive reference for clinicians interested in computerized tomographic colonography and CRC screening.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This multi-author work charts the development of computerised tomographic colonography (CTC), more commonly referred to as virtual colonoscopy, from the landmark presentation by Vining et al to the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists in 2004 to the present day. … The book is beautifully illustrated and extensively referenced … . It will be of interest principally to radiologists and those responsible for planning screening programmes, but is also recommended to anyone with a primary interest in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.” (Richard Novell, Oncology News, Vol. 8 (4), September-October, 2013)

“The book would be of interest to those in the radiologic sciences. In particular, I recommend it to technologists and radiation therapists who want to increase their knowledge of colon screening options and to learn why CTC could be a superior diagnostic tool over the traditional colonoscopy, fecal blood test, or barium enema. Therapists who want to learn more about testing methods and the diagnosis of colon cancer should find the book interesting, and radiologic technologists would gain insight regarding lowering patient dose from CTC.” (Sherry Bicklein, Radiation Therapist, Vol. 22 (2), 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Walter Reed National Military, Bethesda, USA

    Brooks D. Cash

About the editor

Brooks D. Cash, MD
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Bethesda, MD, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Computerized Tomographic Colonography

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Overview

  • Editors: Brooks D. Cash

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5943-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5942-2

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5169-7

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5943-9

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 195

  • Topics: Gastroenterology, Imaging / Radiology, Primary Care Medicine

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eBook USD 89.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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