Dear Doctor: What are the major risk factors for a colon polyp to become cancerous?
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 ...
Dr. Roach: Man wonders if his next colonoscopy screening is too far away
Dear D.M.: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can ...