Feb. 16, 2016 (Bethesda, MD) -- It is critically important that colorectal cancer patients undergo colonoscopy after surgery to ensure that they do not have a second colon cancer, and to find and ...

I had a symptom of colon cancer and family history, so I got a colonoscopy. It was expensive, and insurance was a nightmare, ...

"Colonoscopy is considered the gold-standard when screening for colorectal cancer," says gastroenterologist ... the ...

It is critically important that colorectal cancer patients undergo colonoscopy after surgery to ensure that they do not have a second colon cancer, and to find and remove any additional polyps.

But how often should you get a colonoscopy after you turn 50? ... you’re also at a higher risk for colon cancer. Colonoscopies after age 75. Once you turn 75, ...

Average risk patients with a negative colonoscopy demonstrated a lower risk for overall, proximal, distal, early-stage and advanced-stage colorectal cancer and related deaths for more than 12 ...

After all, only around 4 percent of people with adenomas get colorectal cancer. “95 percent of the population will never get it. Negative FITs will identify who those people are.” ...

They found that among 100,000 average-risk people who undergo colonoscopy every 10 years, 1,543 would develop colorectal cancer and 672 would die. "This population-wide uptake of colonoscopy is ...