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2. A new way to screen for colon cancer may be on the horizon ...

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   Barriers to colon cancer screening. Colonoscopy is, by far, the most accurate and earliest way to detect cancers of the colon and rectum, as well as spots that may become cancer in the future ...

3. Do I need a colonoscopy? New study on colon cancer screening ...

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   The benefits of colonoscopy in preventing colorectal cancer may have been exaggerated, according to a new study. Doctors in the U.S. say colon cancer screening does save lives.

4. Blood test to detect colon cancer could move a step closer to ...

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   Guardant Health’s Shield tests could be the first approved blood screening test for colorectal cancer that meets requirements for Medicare reimbursement. Blood test to detect colon cancer could ...

5. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have used their social media platform to raise awareness about the importance of colonoscopy as a procedure for colon cancer screening. They filmed their own colonoscopies as part of a campaign called "Lead From Behind", [80] [81] demonstrating that the procedure can be both easy and lifesaving. [82] [83]

6. Cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   Screening for colorectal cancer, if done early enough, is preventive, seeing as benign lumps called polyps in the colon and rectum are the start to almost all cases of colon cancer. These polyps can be identified and removed by screening tests like a colonoscopy, in which the whole colon is visible.

7. The One Thing an OB/GYN Is Begging Women Over 50 to Start ...

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   "Colonoscopies can detect pre-cancerous polyps in the colon, again preventing a cancer before it starts," Dr. Landwermeyer says. However, people with low to average risks for colon cancer may have ...