http://healthandsurvival.com/2008/09/17/colon-x-ray-seen-as-effective-at-spotting-cancer/ Protecting Your Health, Longevity and Survival! Mon, 28 May 2012 04:16:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://healthandsurvival.com/2008/09/17/colon-x-ray-seen-as-effective-at-spotting-cancer/#comment-1361 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:18:25 +0000 http://healthandsurvival.wordpress.com/?p=572#comment-1361 Virtual colonoscopy still involves the dreaded bowel prep (spending the night on the toilet) as well as contrast being injected in the rectum. If a polyp is seen, which happens in at least 5% of cases, you still have to get a colonoscopy to remove it to see if its cancerous/pre-cancerous. Neither virtual CT or colonoscopy are effective screening methods for colon cancer. In ten years I think we’ll be doing either breath tests or fecal test detecting tumor DNA. These will be easy to do exams in the primary care office without lining the pockets of hospitals, gastroenterologist, or radiologists.

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