While the heavily advertised at-home stool tests certainly can be a useful, extra screening tool for detecting colon cancer, ...

ANSWER: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can get advanced enough to turn into cancer (let alone spread). The major risk ...

March is honored as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, promoting education efforts for one of the most common cancers in the ...

The following information was submitted by Intermountain Health.Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the ...

New data support the use of colonoscopy and polypectomy in patients who have polyps ≥6 mm detected by an imaging-only strategy. What is the appropriate follow-up for colorectal polyps that are ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a new tool to predict the risk of colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous ...

Dear D.M.: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a reminder about how important it is to get checked for what’s now the ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer and cancer-related mortality worldwide. Colonoscopy is the primary technique to diagnose colon cancer. However, the polyp miss rate is ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MDMedically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD A pseudopolyp is a type of polyp that may be found in the colon of a person who has inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).