Oncology & Cancer
Are you still putting off colon cancer screening?
No one looks forward to a colonoscopy, but it can save your life. So you might be wondering whether a home test is a good alternative.
Aug 09, 2019
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News tagged with flexible sigmoidoscopy
Oncology & Cancer
ASCO: guidelines released for early detection, treatment of CRC
(HealthDay)—Expert guidance has been provided on the early detection of colorectal cancer and on treatment and posttreatment follow-up; the two guidelines were recently published online in the Journal of Global Oncology.
Mar 15, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Quicker, safer test could accurately detect some bowel cancers
Patients with suspected bowel cancer could be offered a quicker test to assess their cancer risk.
Dec 20, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Sigmoidoscopy reduces colon cancer risk for men, but not women
Offering sigmoidoscopy screening to men and women in Norway reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in men, but had little or no effect in women. These findings suggest that current guidelines recommending ...
Apr 23, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Flexible sigmoidoscopy test just once greatly reduces life-time risk of bowel cancer
A world expert in cancer screening based at the University of Otago says new evidence from the United Kingdom strongly supports the introduction of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for bowel cancer in New Zealand rather than ...
Mar 03, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sigmoidoscopy bowel-screening method promises reductions in mortality and risk
An effective national bowel screening programme involving a single test, a sigmoidoscopy, could be introduced in New Zealand within 12 months.
Mar 09, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
New Canadian recommendation against colonoscopy for routine screening of colorectal cancer
Physicians should screen for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic, low-risk adults aged 50 to 74 years every two years using fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), or flexible sigmoidoscopy every 10 years, rather than colonoscopy, ...
Feb 22, 2016
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Health
Screening people for diseases doesn't necessarily save lives, study shows
It seems like it should work: If everyone were tested for every disease, lives would be saved, right? These conditions would be spotted quickly, treated, and voilà: The deadly illness would be vanquished.
Jan 26, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Marker polyps do not cause cancer
Although serrated polyps usually are associated with colorectal cancer, it turns out that such polyps are themselves not dangerous, according to a Norwegian study released this week in BMJ Gut.
Nov 24, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Screening trial confirms benefit of 'Bowel Scope' test
A new trial of bowel cancer screening using flexible sigmoidoscopy – also known as Bowel Scope – has confirmed the benefits of adding the technique to existing screening programmes.
Aug 18, 2014
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