Virtual colonoscopy is nearly as accurate as the real thing, and both methods far outperform three other standard screening methods for colon cancer, German researchers report. Their study of more ...

A procedure that lets doctors find abnormal growths in the colon through computer-generated images is slightly more accurate and less invasive than conventional colonoscopy, new research suggests.

Sort of. If we're talking about the re-test, and your first one came up negative. A virtual colonoscopy replaces an operation and a scope up your butt with x-rays and other imaging. But you still need ...

Avoiding a colonoscopy because of its uncomfortable invasiveness? A high-tech procedure may eliminate a lot of this discomfort while still giving your doctor a good peek inside. Virtual colonoscopy ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy seems to prevent about two-thirds of deaths from colon cancer, rather than 90 percent as has been widely claimed, a study ...

Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) depicts cancers and other clinically important conditions that would be missed with standard colonoscopy and at very little additional cost, according to a ...

A colonoscopy is a telescopic and visual examination of the colon and rectum. It helps doctors detect abnormalities in the bowel, including signs of colorectal cancer, polyps, unexplained diarrhea, ...

Researchers in Gastroenterology evaluated strategies for preventing avoidable colorectal cancers after colonoscopy. In related news, a third of adenomas could be missed with white-light colonoscopy, ...

SIOUX CITY -- Gayle Gregg's friends kept hounding her. Good thing. "I turned 50 and my doctor told me to get a colonoscopy," she said. "I didn't want to, but my girlfriends were all insistent. They ...

SIOUX CITY - Gayle Gregg"s friends kept hounding her. Good thing. "I turned 50 and my doctor told me to get a colonoscopy," she said. "I didn"t want to, but my girlfriends were all insistent. They ...

ANOKA, Minn. — Few words can make people as nervous as 'colonoscopy'. "It's the fear of the unknown because you don't know what you are going to find until we do the procedure," says ...