Does a 50-year-old patient with parents in their 90s, no family history of cancer, and no bowel problems need a colonoscopy? —Joseph R. Arulandu, MD, La Porte, Ind. The screening recommendations from ...
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR risk factors for colorectal cancer? Most people don't need to worry about colorectal cancer until around age 50; only 5 to 7 percent of cases occur in persons under 50. But about 75 ...
They’re no fun to get, but colonoscopies save lives. That’s what data on 2,602 patients, who underwent the screening test and had potentially cancerous polyps removed from their colons, showed. Over ...
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