screening colonoscopy Archives

Bowel cancer: 8 years of colonoscopy screening in Germany — a success story

By the end of this year, colonoscopy screening will have prevented bowel cancer in approximately 99 000 people since it was introduced in Germany. This is the result obtained by Hermann Brenner of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg and …

Colorectal cancer screening can be expanded by offering it during mammography visits

Offering colorectal cancer screening to poor minority women during mammography visits can effectively expand screening in this otherwise underserved population, although lack of medical insurance remains a significant barrier. That is the conclusion…