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One-Time Flex Sig Cuts Colorectal Cancer Deaths

One flexible sigmoidoscopy screening between the ages of 55 and 64 reduced both colorectal cancer diagnoses and deaths during a randomized clinical trial in the United Kingdom.

After following 170,000 people for more than 11 years, deaths from colorectal cancer were 43 percent lower among those who had a flexible sigmoidoscopy screening. Diagnosis of colorectal cancer was reduced by 33 percent.

This is the first prospective clinical trial that actually proved that examining the rectum and colon with a scope could reduce colorectal cancer deaths. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on April 30th, 2010
Posted in: Research & Treatment News | No Comments »
Tags: colorectal cancer screening, sigmoidoscopy, UK sigmoidoscopy screening trial

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