colonography

Overall, CT colonography identified 151 of 177 participants with advanced neoplasia 6 mm or larger (sensitivity, 85.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 79.0%-90.0%) and correctly classified results as negative for 667 of 760 participants without such lesions (specificity, 87.8%; 95% CI, 85.2%-90.0%).

Screening for Colon Cancer - CT Scan vs Colonoscopy aka TBTAM 2009

In an online statement, the CMS said "that there was 'insufficient evidence' to conclude that virtual colonoscopy [also known as CT colonography] 'improves outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries.'"

Healthcare Legislation & Policy Update 2009

As Medicare noted in its ruling, "If there is a relatively high referral rate [for traditional colonoscopy], the utility of an intermediate test such as CT colonography is limited."

How Washington Rations 2009

The agency concluded that "the evidence is not sufficient to conclude that screening CT colonography improves health benefits for asymptomatic, average risk Medicare beneficiaries."

Colon Scans Not Covered 2009

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said they will not cover virtual colonoscopy, since "the evidence is not sufficient to conclude that screening CT colonography improves health benefits ..."

Archelle Georgiou: Hope Is Not A Strategy...For Health Reform 2009

CT colonography apparently has improved to the point that the ACS panelists have elevated it to prime time.

New ACS colon cancer guidelines-moves CT screening up james gaulte 2008

"Recent data," the society said, "suggest that CT-colonography is comparable to optical colonoscopy for the detection of cancer and polyps of significant size when state-of-the-art techniques are applied."

Health Matters 2008

"One could hypothesize that detecting flat lesions will be particularly challenging for CT colonography," says Richard Wender, chairman of the department of family medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and one of the co-authors of the new cancer society guidelines.

Health Matters 2008

Three-dimensional computed tomography colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is an accurate screening method for colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the November issue of the journal Radiology.

Science Press Releases 2006

CT colonography apparently has improved to the point that the ACS panelists have elevated it to prime time.

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