Virtual colonoscopy

October 4, 2007

Bad news for GI docs and their cash cow colonoscopies. The NEJM with a major study supporting the clinical efficacy of CT colonoscopies.

The lead author of the study, radiologist David Kim, is probably public enemy #1 in the eyes of gastroenterologists now. I expect a lot of rebuttal studies coming soon from the GI community.



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{ 2 comments }

1 Anonymous October 4, 2007 at 9:32 am

Or more likely… GI docs will buy their own machines and read their own studies.

2 Anonymous October 5, 2007 at 3:23 pm

What’s the status of genetic testing of a stool sample for colon cancer?

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