Study Ranks CT Colonography Less Cost Effective Than Stool Test, Colonoscopy

CT colonography is better than not screening,
but is the most costly, least effective of the
screening methods available (Photo used
by permission of the RSNA)

Screening people for colorectal cancer using CT colonography is more cost-effective than not screening people at all, but not as effective as every other screening method currently available, a new cost-effectiveness study shows.

Led by Dr. David Vanness, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the researchers compared the cost-effectiveness of CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening in average-risk asymptomatic subjects in the United States aged 50 years. (Link to published site)