Here are some guidelines for the screening colonoscopy. Verify patient benefits and secure preauthorization. This usually requires two different phone calls to the payor. Ask what benefits the patient ...

The jury is still out on several guidelines regarding screening colonoscopies, despite rising colorectal cancer rates. Colorectal cancer in the U.S. is on the rise in 2024, officially becoming the ...

Dr. Sandy Kavalukas, an oncologist with University of Louisville Health, said that a new change allows patients with a family ...

ChatGPT4 outperformed gastroenterology practitioners and showed better concordance with the 2020 US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (USMSTF) guidelines in determining rescreening and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for CRC and CRC-specific death were lower for 15 years in the group with a negative first colonoscopy.

The recommended 10-year interval between screening colonoscopies may be safely extended to 15 years in adults with no family history of colorectal cancer (CRC) whose first colonoscopy is negative for ...

If you received a colonoscopy reminder in the mail when you turned 50, you’re not alone. For decades, age 50 was the magic number to begin colorectal cancer screening in the U.S. But with rising ...

Colon cancers are increasing among younger Americans, so much so that experts advised in 2021 that colonoscopy screening begin at the age of 45, not 50 as had been previously recommended. Now, ...

Colorectal cancer screening can cut a person's risk of dying from the disease in half, yet about 40 percent of those who should get tested don't do it. One reason is that the gold standard for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've had a colonoscopy with no signs of cancer may be able to delay the next one or not have it at all, German researchers suggest. Guidelines from the U.S.

Today, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (MSTFCRC) released updated guidelines for optimizing bowel preparation before colonoscopy, refining best practices from its 2014 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — This month for Check Up 13, 13News recently talked with a man who said he knew for years that something was "off." He was right, and now, he encourages you to learn from him and act a ...