Study: No need to repeat colonoscopy until 5 years after first screening
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
Among people who have had an initial colonoscopy that found no polyps, a possible sign of cancer, the risk of developing colorectal cancer within five years is extremely low, a new study has found.
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