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Health Encyclopedia: Colon And Rectal Cancers Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Colon and rectal cancers are diagnosed using the screening tests discussed below. These tests can detect precancerous polyps and colorectal cancers at stages early enough for complete removal and cure.

Unfortunately, only 30 - 40% of adults over 50 years old (mostly in the upper socioeconomic group) have regular screening tests that could detect a cancer early enough for curative treatment. A survey reported that many people are not screened because they are too embarrassed. Those who ha...

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Expert & Community Posts

The Ins and Outs of Colonoscopy

By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert

If your doctor suspects you have either Colitis or Crohn's disease then sooner or later you... Read more »

Anxiety, anyone? Ways to Soothe Yourself

By Sloane Miller , Health Expert

...music upon medical patients. For example, a study of colonoscopy patients as reported by the NIH... Read more »

Can Bacterial Infections be Confused for Crohn's Disease?

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...appendectomy are ultimately found to have Yersinia. Colonoscopy usually reveals inflammation of... Read more »

Backed-Up and Barfing

By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...treatment includes magnesium sulfate (anyone had a colonoscopy lately knows the power of this... Read more »

Are Americans Overdoing Screening?

By Nancy Muller , Health Expert

...cancer is the third leading cause of death in women, a colonoscopy is recommended every 10... Read more »

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Health Guide

Ulcerative Colitis: Complications

...cancer. Doctors also advise that patients with ulcerative colitis receive regular (every 1 3 years) colonoscopy exams to help screen for cancer. According to a 2006 study, patients with... Read more »

Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis

...organisms, or both.Imaging Procedures Used for DiagnosisEndoscopic Procedures. Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are endoscopic procedures. They are important in the diagnosis of both... Read more »

Crohn's Disease: Diagnosis

...organisms, or both.Procedures Used for DiagnosisStandard Endoscopic Procedures. Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are procedures that involve snaking a fiberoptic tube called an endoscope... Read more »

Colon and Rectal Cancers: Follow-up Testing

...for the fourth and fifth years, and at the doctors and patients discretion during subsequent years.ColonoscopyPatients should have a colonoscopy 3 years after surgery. If the findings are normal,... Read more »

Ulcerative Colitis: Highlights

...longer a patient has UC, and the more severe the condition, the greater the risk for cancer.Regular colonoscopy exams, and some types of anti-inflammatory drugs, may help reduce cancer... Read more »

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More Colorectal Cancer Screening Needed

September 10, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- According to the American Cancer Society, about 153,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, which includes... Read summary »

Colonoscopy: Not Just for Colon Cancer

May 05, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Virtual colonoscopy is being hailed as a life-saving diagnostic tool. In fact, a new study shows it's... Read summary »

Colon Cancer Blood Test

September 07, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When caught early, patients have close to a 100 percent chance of surviving colon cancer. The only... Read summary »

Virtual Colonoscopy Screens Two Diseases

December 08, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a way to screen for both colorectal cancer and osteoporosis at the same time. A new study from the University of... Read summary »

'Virtual colonoscopies' effective, study finds

June 30, 2009

Researchers in Italy have found that a type of colonoscopy that uses high-powered X-rays detects tumors and precancerous growths as well as standard... Read summary »

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