title: Diagnostic sensitivity of X-ray examination of the large bowel in colorectal cancer.
abstract: All individuals subjected to x-ray examination of the large bowel at Borgarspitalinn, Reykjavik, over the 5-year period 1975-1979 were matched against the files of the Icelandic Cancer Registry, 1955-1980 inclusively. The diagnostic accuracy was 84.9% and with additional proctoscopy the diagnostic accuracy was 92.5%.
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012042:Registries
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate