A surgeon used the DiLumen C2 to remove a sigmoid polyp in a 62-year-old patient without surgical intervention. 1. The DiLumen device is an endoscopic dual balloon colon stabilization accessory. It ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The chance that a screening sigmoidoscopy will miss a potentially cancerous polyp increases with age, and is up to 50% for people 70 years and older, an analysis of more than 120,000 ...

Images of positive CT colonography (CTC) screening examination result in an asymptomatic 67-year-old man. Three-dimensional colon map from CTC (left image) shows the location of two sigmoid polyps ...

Japanese golf legend Masashi Ozaki died at 78 after battling stage 4 sigmoid colon cancer. The disease develops in the lower ...

A recent study compared polyp and adenoma detection rate in EndoCuff-assisted colonoscopy and traditional colonoscopy. • Number of polyps detected in the EndoCuff group was 63 percent higher • ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

Large studies link high red and processed meat intake, low fiber diets, smoking, heavy alcohol use, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle with a higher risk of colorectal cancer. A diet that includes fiber ...

A randomized trial shows combined water exchange and cap-assisted colonoscopy shortens cecal intubation time and reduces pain in unsedated procedures.

WASHINGTON — Cold snare polypectomy safely removed small colonic polyps with minimal immediate complications and no known late complications, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.