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

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 ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced the results of a national study, conducted in part at the institution, reveal that flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces deaths attributable to ...

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New research in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that colonoscopy screenings are superior to sigmoidoscopy for preventing colorectal cancer, according to a Medical Xpress report.

Nothing elicits a groan from patients as quickly as discussion of uncomfortable screening procedures. Yet those discussions must take place. Colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer in the ...

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