Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A one-time sigmoidoscopy screening reduced colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in men, though little or no ...

A study published in BMJ showed sigmoidoscopies had little effect on incidence or mortality rates in women aged 50 to 64, Medical News Bulletin reported. Researchers studied 98,678 adults without a ...

One-time screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by about 25% over two decades, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized U.K. study. Among ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colonoscopy prevented an estimated 50 CRC cases and 15 deaths per 100,000 person-years compared with usual care.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) is a medical technique that allows for the visualization of the lining of the gut, specifically the rectum and a part of the colon (up to approximately 60 cm). It is ...

A recent study demonstrates that concurrent flexible sigmoidoscopy in conjunction with CT colonography (CTC) does not improve the diagnostic yield for left-sided colorectal neoplasia compared with CTC ...

Screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy resulted in a reduced incidence and rate of death of colorectal cancer, compared to no screening, according to a study of about 100,000 participants. Colorectal ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC), or colon cancer, is the third most common cancer worldwide, and the second leading cause of cancer death. According to the Colon Cancer Alliance, the exact Colorectal cancer ...

Researchers recruited patients from ten screening centers across the U.S. From 1993 to 2001, participants received either usual care or flexible sigmoidoscopy at the baseline, then again either three ...

A re-analysis of all-cause mortality in the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) evidence review for colorectal cancer screening found that flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces risk for ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is an endoscopic procedure used to screen individuals for colorectal cancer suspected to be in sigmoid colon. Compared to colonoscopy flexible sigmoidoscopy, it is a quicker ...