Colonoscopy

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  Poop Tests And Blood Tests Join Colonoscopy As Options For Colorectal Cancer Screening

  For people with a family history of colorectal cancer or genetic or hereditary syndromes or signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer, such as blood in the stool a colonoscopy is the only recommended test.

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  Study Finds Two Common Colon Polyps That Can Raise Colon Cancer Risk Fivefold

  Many colorectal cancers begin as polyps. These growths are usually benign and cause no immediate harm. However, two specific types of polyps, adenomas and serrated polyps, have the potential to develop into cancer over time.

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  Rectal Bleeding Boosts Colorectal Cancer Risk By 850% In Under-50 Adults, Study Finds

  A study finds rectal bleeding increases the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer by 850%, urging earlier screenings for young adults.

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  US Doctors Find Fully Intact House Fly Inside 63-Year-Old Man's Intestines

  Doctors in the United States were left baffled after discovering a fully intact house fly inside a man's intestines during a colonoscopy.

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  Saudi King Leaves Hospital Week After Being Admitted For Tests: Report

  Saudi Arabia's ageing King Salman has left the hospital one week after being admitted for tests, including a colonoscopy, state media reported.

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  Biden To Transfer Power To Kamala Harris Briefly During A Colonoscopy

  President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris during the "brief" time Friday he is under anesthesia for a colonoscopy as part of a regular health check, the White House said.

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  Study: Here's How Aspirin And Omega-3 Can Reduce Cancer Risk

  Although aspirin and EPA had beneficial effects on polyp numbers individually, the combination of aspirin and EPA together appeared to have an even greater effect, as it provided another layer of prevention, alongside colonoscopy, the researchers said.

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  Warm water eases colonoscopy

  Drinking warm water seems to relax the bowel and improve the comfort of colonoscopy, as well as the completeness of the procedure.

• Colorectal cancer deaths and colonoscopy

  Benefits of colonoscopy in preventing deaths from colorectal cancer are largely limited to malignancies that occur on the left side of the colon.

• Weight loss may cut risk colorectal cancer risk

  Obesity is thought to be associated with increased risk of colorectal adenomas and its growth can become cancerous. But weight loss might reduce the risk.

• Colonoscopy can screen tumours

  Besides screening for cancer and diagnosing other conditions of the intestines, colonoscopy can also be useful in predicting the development of tumours.

• MRI screening for colon cancer

  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide a more tolerable alternative to conventional colonoscopy in screening colon cancer.

• Blood test to screen cancer risk

  Researchers have found that a simple blood test seems to identify people at high risk of developing colorectal cancer. They discovered that patients with colorectal cancer - or pre-cancerous polyps, showed an unusual genetic change that could easily be detected in their blood.