A new study by Pickhardt and colleagues has explored the relationship between CT colonography (CTC) and optical colonoscopy findings. The results show that the diagnostic 'confidence score' for a ...

Background and Aim: Since the diagnostic value of ileoscopy is not well documented, it is uncertain if terminal ileum intubation should be performed routinely in patients undergoing colonoscopy.

However, the diagnostic yield of the procedure is very low for other indications for colonoscopy. Thus the decision to perform ileoscopy or not during colonoscopy needs to be made on a case-by ...

With high-sensitivity and strong negative predictive value, this artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool enhances early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection and risk stratification in primary care.

After all, the point of a diagnostic colonoscopy is to find and, if necessary, treat lesions that could cause problems—regardless of the number found. It should all be easier for patients, Xiao ...

And anyone who had a positive test would be referred for a diagnostic colonoscopy. The other test besides colonoscopy that's been largely phased out in the United States, although it is still very ...

A virtual colonoscopy is doing a colonoscopy with an x-ray machine. Instead of a physician, a gastroenterologist using an instrument to go up into a colon, there's no instrument involved ...

Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause and tried to ignore it. But he became increasingly worried when the ...

the test becomes diagnostic, to confirm or eliminate potential diagnoses. In that case, a 15% Part B coinsurance applies, but not the Part B deductible. A high-risk individual has a colonoscopy ...

Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores opens up about her cancer diagnosis and the benefits of colonoscopies.

The Chicago health care consultant contacted his physician at Northwestern Medicine, who referred him for a diagnostic colonoscopy, at least partly because Contos, 45, has a family history of ...