April 28, 2010 — New results from the United Kingdom show that a single examination with flexible sigmoidoscopy in healthy individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 years, and removal of any polyps ...

Colonoscopy, for 20 years a recommended form of screening to catch precancerous polyps, appears no better at helping to reduce deaths from colorectal cancer than a less invasive test, say researchers ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

The rate of new or missed left-sided colorectal cancers quadrupled with flexible sigmoidoscopy compared with colonoscopy in a retrospective analysis of 25,541 cases, according to research presented at ...

A single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening between the ages of 55-64 years is associated with a lower level of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, according to a new study. A single flexible ...

One-time screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by about 25% over two decades, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized U.K. study. Among ...

BOSTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Colonoscopy appears to do a better job of reducing the risk of developing or dying from colorectal cancer than sigmoidoscopy, U.S. researchers say. Co-senior authors Andrew ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A new study suggests that a colonoscopy catches cancers that a sigmoidoscopy misses -- and saves more lives in the process. It makes sense: colonoscopy helps the doctor see the ...