Screening tests: preventing colon cancer.(gastroenterology experts have recommended new guidelines that include the use of colonoscopies and barium enemas in screening for colorectal cancer)(Health Watch)(Brief Article) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: February 10, 1997| Author: Rubin, Rita | COPYRIGHT 1997 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For the first time, guidelines released last week suggest colonoscopies and barium enemas to screen healthy people for colorectal cancer, the country's second most lethal tumor. The guidelines, produced by a panel of gastroenterology experts, emphasize that annual tests for hidden blood in stools and twice-a-decade sigmoidoscopies, in which a flexible viewing tube is inserted into the lower colon, are highly effective and simpler methods of detecting colon cancer or preca...

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