A single polyp found during a flexible sigmoidoscopy exam will usually lead to follow-up colonoscopy to look for other polyps. Then, once the colon is "clean" of polyps, experts recommend repeat ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the recent passing of a very good friend, superb vascular surgeon and wonderful, kind and funny man from this scourge has focused my attention of late.

These include fecal occult blood testing and multi-target stool DNA tests, which examine stool samples for signs of colorectal cancer, and flexible sigmoidoscopy, which only examines part of the ...

The colonic site with maximum inflammation was determined for each patient. Conclusions: Sigmoidoscopy is not sufficient for evaluating inflammation in UC patients. In particular, colonoscopy is ...