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1. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Research Shows Benefits to Colon Cancer Screening Beginning at Age 50

   Additional colon cancer screening tests include CT colonography, sometimes called virtual colonoscopy, as well as a stool test that looks for DNA changes in the ...

2. Small bowel cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   Tests to see inside your small intestine · Upper endoscopy. Upper endoscopy is a procedure to look at the inside of the esophagus, stomach and first part of the ...

3. Rectal cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   Colorectal cancer screening reduces the risk of cancer by finding precancerous polyps in the colon and rectum that could turn into cancer. Ask your healthcare ...

4. Rectal cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   Colonoscopy is a test to look at the colon and rectum. It uses a long, flexible tube with a camera at the end, called a colonoscope, to show the colon and ...

5. Mayo Clinic responds to USPSTF draft recommendations on colorectal cancer screening

   The task force recommended screening for colorectal cancer using the conventional tools, including, fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in ...

6. Addressing the rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Current screening guidelines. Experts now recommend beginning colorectal cancer screening at age 45 for individuals considered to be at average risk of ...

7. Primary care clinicians adjust recommendations for colorectal cancer screening to accommodate patient needs and preferences, study finds

   To better understand health care providers' preferences and practices with regard to colorectal cancer screening, the researchers developed a survey that was ...

8. New Test Offers Greater Accuracy in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

   Screening for colorectal cancer is recommended for everyone beginning at age 50, yet 60 percent of patients are diagnosed with the disease in its late stages, ...

9. Mayo Clinic Minute: Prepare for colon cancer screening with confidence

   It's an important exam that's performed to check for colon cancer. But some would agree that preparing for the colonoscopy is worse than the exam itself. In ...

10. Bowel cancer: Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert describes role hard-to-see polyps play in cancer risk

    Colorectal cancer screening is aimed at detecting and removing polyps before they turn into cancer. There are different kinds of polyps, and until the ...