Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, known as virtual colonoscopy, can be used to diagnose significant medical problems in organs outside the colon, according to a new study conducted at the San ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Why was there a giant colon outside East Providence City Hall Monday afternoon? The exhibit was part of an event orchestrated by the Brown Medicine Endoscopy Center in ...

April 1, 2010 — More than 1 in every 200 asymptomatic people undergoing routine screening with computed tomographic colonography (CTC), or "virtual colonoscopy," were found to have a clinically ...

Imagine a better, easier, cheaper and less invasive and time-consuming way to do a colonoscopy. Well, there is, and it’s a good thing, too, since colon and rectal cancer kills more than 50,000 people ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researchers have found that "virtual" colonoscopy using a computer tomography (CT) scanner is considerably more expensive than the ...

Stage 4 colon cancer is considered advanced: cancer has spread beyond your colon to distant organs. Treatment may involve a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or ablation.

At a conference earlier this summer, a research team from Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia presented new data on colon cancer in runners. Out of 100 marathoners and ultramarathoners between ...

Doctors may recommend a colostomy if the bowel becomes diseased or damaged. This procedure involves cutting into the abdominal wall to drain stool from the colon. Any surgery ending in “ostomy” ...

The colon is part of the digestive system. It helps the body absorb water and nutrients from food before excreting the waste. It is made up of muscle and located just below the stomach. People ...

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, known as virtual colonoscopy, can be used to diagnose significant medical problems in organs outside the colon, according to a new study conducted at the San ...