Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 142-147 , February 2009

Audit of the introduction of CT colonography for detection of colorectal carcinoma in a non-academic environment and its implications for the national bowel cancer screening programme

  • S. Thomas

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S. Thomas, Department of Radiology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth PO3 6AD, UK. Tel.: +44 2392 286031; fax: +44 2392 286900.
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  • J. Atchley
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  • A. Higginson

Received 9 July 2008 ,Revised 1 October 2008 ,Accepted 14 October 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00419-4

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.10.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 142-147 , February 2009

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