A single examination of the lower colon and rectum using sigmoidoscopy, between the ages of 55 and 64 years, reduced colorectal cancer mortality by 43% in those screened and incidence by one third.

A five-minute screening test could cut the risk of developing bowel cancer by a third and save thousands of lives from what is the UK's second biggest cancer killer, according to new research. A ...

Dear Dr. Gott: Please speak to the effectiveness of the sigmoidoscopy versus the colonoscopy in detecting disease. My primary care physician performs a sigmoidoscopy every year as part of my physical.

Getting a colorectal screening test every three years instead of the recommended five can detect potentially dangerous tumors earlier, but not enough to warrant a switch to more frequent exams, a ...

BOSTON—A team of researchers, including those from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, will be reporting study findings that lend ...

One of the highlights of the SGNA conference was the presentation by David Johnson, MD, FACP, FACG, [5] Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia School of Medicine in ...

Abdominoperineal resection: usually performed for a lower rectal or anal cancer. Involves the surgical removal of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon, along with associated lymph nodes, resulting in ...

A 46-year-old female with a history of chronic constipation and episodes of minor rectal bleeding underwent colonoscopy. She was diagnosed with an infrarenal abdominal aorta aneurysm for which ...

Dr. Emily W. Lopes: An 89-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of recurrent bloody stools. Two years before the current evaluation, the patient underwent repair of a right inguinal ...