A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. Many doctors recommend a more complete test ...

A colonoscopy is an exam that lets your physician see your entire colon. Before the test, your health care team will give you instructions for how to clear your colon of any stool. This process is ...

According to Cologuard, made by Wisconsin-based Exact Sciences, there are three primary reasons why you may receive a testing ...

However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops from ...

WASHINGTON -- A colonoscopy has been called by some doctors the "save your life screening test" because the procedure is so successful in finding precancerous polyps, removing them and preventing ...

As artificial intelligence becomes more common in gastroenterology, industry leaders are hopeful about its potential for polyp detection during colonoscopies. Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health ...

Patients who undergo colon screenings might breathe a little easier now that U.S. regulators have approved a pill containing two cameras. The PillCam Colon is minimally invasive and runs on batteries, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue: Will you talk about colon polyps? I had polyps removed during a colonoscopy. My doctor recommends another ...

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...

It's a procedure people don't even want to talk about, let alone have done, but there might finally be a way to make getting a colonoscopy more tolerable. Virtual colonoscopy uses a CT scanner to ...

An investigational multitarget stool DNA test for screening colorectal cancer detects significantly more cancers than the currently available fecal immunochemical test (FIT), researchers report. But ...

Dear Dr. Gott: Please discuss the difference between a flexible sigmoidoscopy and a colonoscopy. At 50, I recently had the former. Several of my family members and acquaintances have argued that a ...