http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Availability of CT colonography (CTC), commonly known as virtual colonoscopy, is increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates across military medical facilities. Inclusion of CTC as a Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)-compliant colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test can potentially raise overall screening rates, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-inclusion-ctc-hedis-screening-modality.html Cancer Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:44:36 EST news277058669 The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has just released its annual report on the top cancer advances of the year. Clinical Cancer Advances 2012: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer, highlights major achievements in precision medicine, cancer screening and overcoming treatment resistance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-american-society-clinical-oncology-issues.html Cancer Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:12 EST news273757673 A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-simple-scope-exam-colon-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 21 May 2012 11:44:20 EST news256819454 Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a screening test for colorectal cancer that is less invasive and has fewer side effects than colonoscopy, is effective in reducing the rates of new cases and deaths due to colorectal cancer, according to research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. In a study that spanned almost 20 years, researchers found that overall colorectal cancer mortality (deaths) was reduced by 26 percent and incidence (new cases) was reduced by 21 percent as a result of screening with sigmoidoscopy. These results appeared online, ahead of print, on May 21, 2012, in the New England Journal of Medicine, and were presented at Digestive Disease Week, a scientific conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sigmoidoscopy-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 21 May 2012 11:20:01 EST news256816559 Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter essential to executing movement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-colonoscopy-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:01 EST news256299941 Repeated screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSG) increased the detection of colorectal cancer or advanced adenoma in women by one-fourth and in men by one-third, according to a study published Jan. 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-shown-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:01 EST news247238049 A single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening between the ages of 55-64 years is associated with a lower level of colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality, according to a study published online August 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-screening-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:03 EST news232895206