CT Colonography Screening Shows Promise If Cost Lowered, MedCAC Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Computed tomography colonography shows promise as a colorectal cancer screening tool comparable to optical colonoscopy, and could be covered under Medicare, but the price per procedure would have to be lowered, members of a CMS advisory panel agreed Nov. 19
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