Colonoscopy significantly reduces death from left-sided colon cancer but not from right-sided
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
A new study finds that colonoscopy is strongly associated with fewer deaths from colorectal cancer. However, the risk reduction appears to be entirely due to a reduction in deaths from left-sided cancers. According to the study, colonoscopy shows almost no mortality prevention benefit for cancer that develops in the right side of the colon. Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in North America...