Nervous about getting a colonoscopy? A gastroenterologist answers six common questions about prep, the procedure, and what to expect.

If you're between the ages of 45 and 85, you should have a colorectal cancer screening routine in place, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). But a colonoscopy—in which your doctor uses a special ...

Michal F Kaminski and colleagues report that colonoscopy screening reduced colorectal cancer incidence, but not mortality, during a 13-year follow-up.1 The response from the public health field will ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

A recent study published in JAMA identified colorectal cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Americans ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

Have you ever had a colonoscopy?Why is it that despite having various technologies like X-rays and ultrasounds,do we have to go through the trouble of inserting a camera into the colon and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A colonoscopy, which involves using a flexible tube with a tiny camera to examine the colon, is effective at detecting and ...

Colorectal cancer is increasing in the younger generation.”You may have heard this mentioned on news programs, social media, or in conversations with people around you. As someone in my 30s, my fecal ...

A Vancouver man diagnosed with colon cancer at 35 built his own screening test — and his story shows why younger Canadians ...

Only a tiny number of colorectal cancer cases occur in people younger than 21, but they’re often diagnosed at later stages ...

We thank João Martins and Aneel Bhangu, Hermann Brenner and colleagues, and Uri Ladabaum and colleagues for their interesting comments on our report from the NordICC trial.1 We agree with Martins and ...