Computed Tomography Colonography vs Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Surveillance After Surgery

Recommendations for surveillance after curative surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) include a 1 year post-resection abdominal-pelvic computed tomography scan and optical colonoscopy (OC). CT colonography (CTC), when used in CRC screening, effectively identifies colorectal polyps ≥10 mm and cancers. We performed a prospective study to determine whether CTC, concurrent with CT, could substitute for OC in CRC surveillance.

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