News tagged with 'Colonoscopy'

A new study, in the June issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, is the first to present colorectal cancer incidence trends across five continents.

A new study suggests deep sedation, rather than moderate sedation, allows more colon polyps to be found during a colonoscopy. The findings could have lifesaving benefits by helping doctors to detect colon cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage.

A new study finds colonoscopy prevents an estimated 60 to 70 percent of deaths from colorectal cancer, not 90 percent as previously thought. While the procedure does a good job of detecting early signs of disease to the left side of the colon, or large intestine, it is not as effective at detecting potential problems on the right side of the colon.

Federal health regulators said Thursday they will add the strictest safety warnings available to OsmoPrep and Visicol, bowel prep drugs used before colonoscopies, following reports of kidney damage in several patients.

New findings from the US Preventive Services Task Force suggest routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The results are based on patients who began screenings at age 50 and have had consistently negative screenings up to the age of 75.

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has been shown to have a high accuracy in detecting precancerous and cancerous polyps and could serve as a primary screening option for colorectal cancer, according to the results of a national CT colonography study.

Patients with colon cancer need to ask more questions of their doctors  - among them- how many lymph nodes have you taken and have they been tested for cancer? A followup colonoscopy is recommended for those who've had a positive diagnosis.  Many hospitals are falling short of the recommended treatment protocols, two studies find.

85 cases of hepatitis C have now been linked to a Las Vegas clinic where shoddy public health practices put thousands in danger. Now the CDC is laying blame directly on the workers for reusing syringes, failing to wear gloves when administering medication and reusing cleaning solution for colonoscopy equipment.