A recently publshed article confirms Gastroenterologist's opinion that colonoscopy performed during the previous 10 years of a patients life has proven to be associated with a 77% lower risk for colon cancer. Colonoscopy was associated with an 84% lower risk for bowel cancer in the left colon and a 56% lower risk in the right colon. Reduced colon cancer risk was observed for all stages of cancer and in patients who had undergone colonoscopy for screening or other indications. Every study that has examined this issue has found better protection against colon cancer when a colonoscopy is performed by gastroenterologists compared with other medical practitioners or surgeons.
A recently publshed article confirms Gastroenterologist's opinion that colonoscopy performed during the previous 10 years of a patients life has proven to be associated with a 77% lower risk for colon cancer. Colonoscopy was associated with an 84% lower risk for bowel cancer in the left colon and a 56% lower risk in the right colon. Reduced colon cancer risk was observed for all stages of cancer and in patients who had undergone colonoscopy for screening or other indications. Every study that has examined this issue has found better protection against colon cancer when a colonoscopy is performed by gastroenterologists compared with other medical practitioners or surgeons.