Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed. According to a new UCLA study, early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, and fewer polyps were found hour by hour as the day progressed.
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