The recommended 10-year interval between screening colonoscopies may be safely extended to 15 years in adults with no family history of colorectal cancer (CRC) whose first colonoscopy is negative for ...
As screening guidelines evolve and GI care increasingly shifts to outpatient settings, ASCs are seeing significant growth in colonoscopy volume. Here are ten developments shaping that trend: ...
Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven't gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential ...
Having a doctor insert a long, flexible tube fitted with a small camera up your rectum to explore your bowels is not a procedure you’d typically look forward to. For years, colonoscopies have been an ...
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death. But by finding polyps early on, colonoscopies can detect and prevent the cancer. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library via Getty ...
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the US, despite a high survival rate when detected ...
As a practicing gastroenterologist, my colleagues and I spend much of our professional careers dedicated to the screening, surveillance, and treatment of colorectal cancer and precursor lesions called ...
On October 10 the world's first randomized study on using colonoscopy-screening to prevent colorectal cancer was presented during the 2022 UEG Week in Vienna. The United European Gastroenterology Week ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but with early detection with a colonoscopy screening, it’s often preventable. Terrence Ates, a ...
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Colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the United States, but a new consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer now offers ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the third most common type of cancer diagnosed in men and women in the United States. Experts project that over 28.000 men and over 23,000 women will die from CRC in ...