A study reveals that colonoscopies reduce the incidence of colon cancer, but had little impact on mortality rates.

A single screening colonoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by roughly 30% over 13 years — a meaningful improvement over earlier findings — but failed to produce a statistically significant ...

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 ...

Matthew Ng, MD, with The George Washington University Hospital and Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center discusses colorectal ...

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

FOX CHASE, Pa. (WPVI) -- The death of actress Kirstie Alley has put a spotlight on colon cancer, the third most common cancer among American adults. Alley apparently didn't learn of her cancer until ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under the age of 50, according to the American Cancer Society ...

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However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops from ...

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 ...

People of average risk for colon cancer should get a screening or colonoscopy earlier than previously advised.