Fine tuning virtual colonoscopy—a faster, better, less expensive screening test for colon cancer?
I happen to be old enough to have had a screening colonoscopy on two occasions. As anyone who has had this procedure performed will know, the exam itself isn’t nearly as bad as the preparation for it. With good sedation, one hardly remembers the procedure. However, drinking a gallon or so of go-litely bowel prep and then waiting for your gut to evacuate has never been high on this doctor’s list of favorite things to do. For that reason alone, many people avoid having a screening…( read more )
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Fine tuning virtual colonoscopy—a faster, better, less expensive screening test for colon cancer?
