Available scanners tackle future CTC screening demand

July 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Available scanners tackle future CTC screening demand H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Showing CT colonography's value for cancer screening was one thing. Proving it could handle the volume of patients who may need the test in years to come, however, is an entirely different task. Researchers say not to fret. CT colonography's validation in clinical trials as an effective cancer screening method on a par with colonoscopy made big headlines recently. The news became even sweeter to CTC advocates after the American Cancer Society and the American Gastroenterological Association endorsed the minimally invasive procedure.

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