Colonoscopy is associated with lowered risk of colorectal cancer occurrence and mortality. In a recent study published in the journal Gastroenterology researchers set out to find specific evidence of the effects of screening colonoscopies.
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A recent study led by Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, chief of the GI Section at Minneapolis VA Health Care System, examined the colonoscopy quality indicators of adenoma detection rate and withdrawal time, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.
A study presented at the 2013 Digestive Disease Week meeting demonstrate how patient navigators can improve colonoscopy screening rates in underserved and minority populations, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.
Exact Sciences announced the results of its DeeP-C clinical study comparing the efficacy of Cologuard, a multi-target stool DNA-based screening test, to the fecal immunochemical test.
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Three dignitaries from the Albanian Health Fund visited Lancaster (Pa.) Gastroenterology Procedure Center in February, according to an AmSurg blog post.
EndoChoice announced the results of a comparison study between its Full Spectrum Endoscopy System and traditional forward-viewing colonoscopes.
The American College of Gastroenterology is joining with the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to focus on increasing the national colorectal cancer screening rate to 80 percent by 2018.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network now recommends that all colorectal cancer patients be tested for Lynch syndrome, according to a Medscape report.
Here are 28 statistics on the indications for colonoscopy by percentage of patients from 2001 to 2005, according to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States report.