Publication Date

2-1-2023

Journal

Korean Journal of Radiology

• Computed tomography colonography (CTC) is the perfect test among the colorectal cancer screening options.
• The excellent performance of CTC is on par with colonoscopy for both cancers and precancerous polyps, yet without the risks associated with perforation and sedation.
• CTC presents an opportunity to serve as an important filter and send the small numbers of high-risk lesions for immediate removal while allowing the identification of the few true precursor targets from the large majority of benign polyps.
• This selective polypectomy strategy at CTC minimizes complications and waste of resources while maintaining advanced neoplasia detection rates.
• Biased messaging in the literature and little interest among radiologists to learn how to interpret CTC have fueled the fragmented state of colorectal cancer screening today.
• By promoting and adopting CTC, we can add to the current screening efforts to save even more lives for this truly preventable cancer.

Humans, Colonography, Computed Tomographic, Mass Screening, Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonoscopy, Colonic Polyps

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