Your health insurance will typically cover a colonoscopy in full, provided it’s a screening and you meet certain eligibility ...

Several procedures are available to screen and detect colorectal cancer, which affects the colon (large intestine) or rectum. “Undergoing regular screening can lead to the detection of polyps, and ...

For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers and professional societies have largely accepted observational data and ...

People of average risk for colon cancer should get a screening or colonoscopy earlier than previously advised.

The number of annual colonoscopies performed in the U.S. is projected to decline over the next decade as use of noninvasive colorectal cancer screening options continues to rise, data presented at ...

A first-in-human trial of a robotic colonoscopy shows the system can perform all functions of a colonoscope with promising ...