[Virtual colonoscopy: a new hope for colorectal cancer screening].
Colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death and the first one in non-smoking persons. None of the current colorectal caner screening options is ideal. As for mammography in breast cancer screening, virtual colonoscopy, although still in clinical evaluation, promises to become a primary screening method as it is performant, quick, non-invasive and cheaper than conventional colonoscopy.
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D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000379:methods*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity