The impact of CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening on the UK NHS: costs, healthcare resources and health outcomes.

Adding CTC into the existing NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme as part of a preventive screening strategy could be less costly to the NHS over the longer term when used to triage FOBT-positive patients to appropriate follow-up. Increased demand for radiology services may be compensated for by reduced demand in endoscopy units. Copyright Adis Data Information BV. 2011