sigmoidoscopy

There is very little risk of problems from having a sigmoidoscopy.

It should be followed by sigmoidoscopy to rule out cancer.

A sigmoidoscopy is similar to, but not the same as, a colonoscopy.

Your doctor may also do a test called a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

A stool test each year and a flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years.

The other methods are sigmoidoscopy and the testing for blood in the stool.

An alternative approach is to offer a single examination by flexible sigmoidoscopy to the whole population at age 55.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years if not having a colonoscopy.

But only two of them can actually prevent cancer: colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy.

Yearly screening with sigmoidoscopy beginning at age 10 or 12 is recommended.

A person with a strong family history of colon cancer would be advised to get an annual sigmoidoscopy.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy allows the doctor to look at the lower third of the colon.

An annual stool test with sigmoidoscopy every five years.

Otherwise, a flexible sigmoidoscopy is sufficient to support the diagnosis.

Last year she began performing the exams herself, and two medical assistants took over management of the sigmoidoscopy room.

A sigmoidoscopy is a good way for my doctor to look for signs of cancer.

Some doctors also ordered a sigmoidoscopy, a less effective test than the colonoscopy.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is one of many tests that may be used to screen for colon cancer.

Sometimes another test, such as a sigmoidoscopy, is used to diagnose colorectal cancer.

In some circumstances, full colonoscopy may be preferred over the more limited sigmoidoscopy.

Usually does not require sedation Are there other reasons you might want to choose sigmoidoscopy?

Find out how a sigmoidoscopy is used to look for early signs of colon cancer and learn what happens during the procedure.

The other methods include sigmoidoscopy, which costs only a few hundred dollars and does not require sedation.

Not surprisingly, they meet in a doctor's office, where the man is anxiously awaiting his first sigmoidoscopy.