A recent study reported a smaller-than-expected benefit from screening colonoscopies. But the study has important caveats, gastroenterologists say, making it ripe for misinterpretation if that context ...

At 13 years of follow-up, the incidence of CRC was 1.46% among participants who underwent colonoscopy screening versus 1.80% in the no-screening group, with a risk ratio (RR) of 0.81 (95% CI 0.71-0.90 ...

Medicare pays for colonoscopy screening tests, but how often they're covered depends on whether you are at high or low risk for colorectal cancer. If you are at low risk for colorectal cancer, ...

Even though the prevalence of colon tumors increases with age, screening colonoscopy in patients over 80 years of age results in smaller gains in life expectancy, compared to younger patients, ...

A major European trial has pushed colonoscopy back into the medical spotlight. After 13 years, the NordICC study found that ...

A colonoscopy is a procedure that diagnoses and helps monitor inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This can play an essential role in preventing and treating colorectal cancer. Doctors diagnose IBD using ...

Q: My internist has recommended a colonoscopy. I dread having it, though, because I’m concerned about the liquid laxative prep it requires. I suffer from IBS, which is often painful. Is it possible ...

Colonoscopies might reduce the risk of colorectal cancer less than expected, according to a landmark trial 1. One way to screen for colorectal cancer is through colonoscopy, a procedure in which ...

Data for this study was provided by the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry (NHCR)—a statewide colonoscopy registry funded by the National Cancer Institute that began (initially through a pilot project ...

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John C. Fang, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, discusses the costs and benefits of CT colonography. Question: How has the ...