Controversy Over Colonoscopy Effectiveness
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Controversy Over Colonoscopy Effectiveness

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Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt on the benefits of a ______.

colonoscopy

A ______ is a widely recommended tool for cancer screening that involves putting a scope into the colon to look for potentially cancerous growths.

colonoscopy

Sometimes these slow-growing ______ — or adenomas — would have turned into cancer, so by looking periodically and removing any polyps, the procedure serves as both a screening tool for cancer and an intervention to prevent a tumor from developing in the first place.

polyps

Research going back more than a decade has shown that ______ can save lives;

<p>colonoscopies</p> Signup and view all the answers

A 2018 study from Kaiser Permanente, for example, found a 67% reduction in cancer deaths among people who got a screening ______.

<p>colonoscopy</p> Signup and view all the answers

The topline findings of this week's NEJM study point to a mere 18% reduction in ______ cancer among thousands of men and women in Europe who were 'invited' to get a colonoscopy.

<p>colorectal</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ will only work if a patient gets one

<p>colonoscopy</p> Signup and view all the answers

The risk of developing colon cancer decreased by about ______%

<p>31</p> Signup and view all the answers

The American Society for Gastrointestinal ______ is a leading group of GI doctors

<p>Endoscopy</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Bret Petersen, ______ is still the gold standard in detecting and preventing colorectal cancer

<p>colonoscopy</p> Signup and view all the answers

The American Cancer Society has a ______ Scientific Officer named Dr. William Dahut

<p>Chief</p> Signup and view all the answers

The study's participants were screened sometime between ______ to 2014

<p>2009</p> Signup and view all the answers

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