For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers ...

Alongside improved colorectal cancer treatment, benefits are "more modest," expert says ...

This important procedure doesn’t have to feel awkward or embarrassing. Here’s what to know to make it easier.

Three years after NordICC trial’s much-debated 10-year results were published, follow-up data showed colonoscopy screening ...

A recent study reported a smaller-than-expected benefit from screening colonoscopies. But the study has important caveats, gastroenterologists say, making it ripe for misinterpretation if that context ...

A recently published study in a high-profile medical journal appeared to call into question the efficacy of colonoscopy, a proven and widely utilized strategy for the screening and prevention of ...

The number of annual colonoscopies performed in the U.S. is projected to decline over the next decade as use of noninvasive ...

Most people should get screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45. Cells in the large intestine can form polyps, which may turn into cancer over time. Detecting these polyps early means you ...

As a practicing gastroenterologist, my colleagues and I spend much of our professional careers dedicated to the screening, surveillance, and treatment of colorectal cancer and precursor lesions called ...

Barry Stein ignored symptoms that started appearing in 1995. Now, he's one of many advocates calling for Canadian ...