Study Conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Elsewhere Confirms that CT Colonography Could Serve as Screening Option for Colorectal Cancer

Computed Tomographic (CT) Colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is shown to have high accuracy in its ability to detect cancer and precancerous polyps using conventional colonoscopy as the gold, or reference, standard and could serve as a primary screening option for colorectal cancer, according to the results of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) National CT Colonography Trial. Read more.