Colonoscopy remains a cornerstone of colorectal cancer prevention, but GI leaders say the procedure’s role, and the business model built around it, is shifting fast. Here’s what five leaders have told ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — the perfect time to talk about the importance of screening for colon cancer via colonoscopies. When you're ready to make an appointment, did you know there ...

On Sunday, the New England Journal of Medicine published the interim results of a landmark trial examining the effect of inviting people to colonoscopy screening. The paper, which STAT covered, ...

Colonoscopies are an essential part of routine care for most adults ages 45 and older, according to Dr. Evelyn Marquez-Mello, a gastroenterologist with Kaiser Permanente. That’s because “a colonoscopy ...

A landmark trial found inviting people to a colonoscopy didn’t cut the risk of cancer as much as hoped. But don’t cancel your appointment just yet. Having a doctor insert a long, flexible tube fitted ...

I’m 54, and I just got my first colonoscopy. I’m glad I did. My doctor removed four polyps during a 25-minute procedure. Two of the four were the type that, if left alone, could have the potential to ...

A new European study on colonoscopies – the largest of its kind – has complicated results, and it’s left some people wondering whether they should have the procedure to screen for colon cancer. “I ...

The devastating statistics about deaths from colon cancer have put the spotlight on a dreaded disease, which, today, could be ...

An at-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as the traditional screening, health experts say, and more agreeable. By Paula Span Most Americans who are due for a colon cancer screening will receive ...

The colonoscopy: It may be the most dreaded screening test out there, and it's the next step in KQED's PriceCheck project. We turned to crowdsourcing because health care prices are wildly variable and ...

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