Table 1. Screening for colorectal cancer and adenoma detection for average-risk women and men aged 50 years and older.

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NEW YORK, June 15 (Praxis Press) Whether colonoscopy is more effective than barium enema for the detection of adenomas in polypectomy patients is unclear. Winawer and colleagues examined 580 ...

ST. LOUIS — More than 150,000 people in the United States received a colon or rectal cancer diagnosis in 2023. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Today in St. Louis traffic reporter Paul Cook ...