The other test besides colonoscopy that's been largely phased out in the United States, although it is still very much used in Canada and much of Europe, is flexible sigmoidoscopy. And until this ...

During flexible sigmoidoscopy small polyps (<1 cm) were removed and sent for histopathological analysis. Patients were sent for colonoscopy for the presence of any polyp ≥1 cm, ≥3 adenomas ...

that women tend to have more right sided colon legions, and you wouldn't even reach those with a sigmoidoscopy.

A flexible sigmoidoscopy is a less invasive test than a colonoscopy that only looks at the lower part of the colon. It’s ...

The tests you may have include: a test that looks for blood in your poo. This is a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) looking at the whole of the inside of your large bowel using a flexible tube ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lists sigmoidoscopy in its current CRC screening recommendations as one of ...