In a new set of guidelines, the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer offers various approaches to the diagnosis and management of cancer risk in patients with gastrointestinal ...

COLORADO, USA — The American Cancer Society recently lowered its recommended colon cancer screening age from 50 years old down to 45. Now, there's new technology in Colorado that can help with those ...

Gastric polyps, asymptomatic lesions found in the upper gastrointestinal tract, are found in 1 percent to 3 percent of esophagogastroduodenoscopies, according to a study published Feb. 19 in BMC ...

Northwestern Medicine physicians who used artificial intelligence to perform colonoscopies saw a 13 percent increase in colorectal polyps detection and removal, according to research posted May 10 ...

Don’t underestimate the importance of your colon: It’s an essential organ that eliminates waste and harbors trillions of bacteria — the good kind that shield your gut and generate substances to ...

Cronkhite–Canada Syndrome (CCS) is a rare, nonhereditary disorder distinguished by diffuse gastrointestinal polyposis and accompanying ectodermal manifestations such as alopecia, skin ...

Use of GI Genius increased mean adenomas per colonoscopy (1.56 vs. 1.21) as well as adenoma detection rate (56.6% vs. 48.4%). The module also had a higher sessile serrated polyp detection rate (11.6% ...

A procedure pioneered overseas may now mean an easier recovery for some patients in the U.S. Almost half of all adults in the U.S. develop colon polyps during their lifetime, growths that are often ...