The subject of colorectal cancer screening has filled many pages in the recent medical and lay press. Some authors have suggested combining use of stool cards for occult blood testing with ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

This release is available in Spanish. Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a screening test for colorectal cancer that is less invasive and has fewer side effects than colonoscopy, is effective in reducing the ...

A single colon screening performed in midlife—one procedure, one afternoon—may reduce the risk of dying from colorectal cancer for at least two decades afterward, according to one of the longest ...

One-time screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by about 25% over two decades, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized U.K. study. Among ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: This past weekend, during my son’s wedding festivities, I experienced a sigmoid volvulus. Doctors recommended surgery, but I opted for a colonoscopy, which was performed successfully.