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CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis

Published December 2, 2008, 7:12 am, Health Scout

Abdominal scan checks bone mineral density with no additional radiation, minimal cost.

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CT Colonography Offers One-Stop Screening for Cancer and Osteoporosis - PR Newswire
CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once--colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which ...

CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis - National Womens Health Information Center
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