Virtual colonoscopy, also called computed tomography colonography (CTC) or CT colonography, is a noninvasive way to check for polyps and colon cancer tumors. If you need a colonoscopy, you may wonder whether Medicare covers it. Yes, beginning January 1 ...

Virtual colonoscopies are less time-consuming than the standard colonoscopy and are now recommended as a frontline screening test by the American Cancer Society, but the technique has major drawbacks, according to a HealthDay News report. For example, the ...

NEWARK, Del. — The Colon Health Center of Delaware has been selling an alternative to one of medicine’s most unloved procedures: the colonoscopy. Rather than insert several feet of tubing into the lower intestines, clinicians slide patients into a CT ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50 and the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., highlighting the importance of routine screenings. Adults 65 and younger comprise nearly half (45%) of all new ...

Patients are more likely to undergo a colon cancer screening when offered a CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, than when offered a traditional colonoscopy, according to findings published in The Lancet Oncology journal. Researchers found 34 percent ...

Consistent CRC screening — whether via FIT or combined methods — provides similar protections against CRC as early colonoscopy. Regular fecal immunochemical test (FIT) screening is associated with similar colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes compared with ...

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 numbers of cases among younger adults, that long-standing ...