Tag Archives: colon cancer
NPS Study Shows Colonoscopy Reduced Colon Cancer Deaths
Doctors from Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mt. Sinai and several other major medical centers throughout the country just published their long-term findings from the National Polyp Study (NPS) in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1100370. They prospectively evaluated 2600 patients found to have adenomatous polyps at the time of screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC) [...]
Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Don’t Wait!
Seems like it’s human nature for most of us to be reactive rather than active. We procrastinate ’til the last minute and delay anything that seems like it might be unpleasant or uncomfortable. When it comes to medical tests, that rule certainly applies. Cancer screening tests can be unpleasant. A blood draw for a prostate [...]
