Virtual Colonoscopy-Mayo Clinic

Colon cancer can be cured if it and pre-cancerous polyps are caught early. But doctors at Mayo Clinic say only half of all people at risk of colon cancer get screened for the disease. That's because some people don't know they should be screened and others simply don't want to undergo colonoscopy. But a new test developed at Mayo Clinic makes the screening process a whole lot easier. It's called virtual colonoscopy or CT colonography.

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[dahirf]

@kellina84 Traditional colonoscopy is safer. Virtual colonoscopy puts at risk of higher radiation which might give cancer you in the long run

[kellina84]

this is amazing, and so many people have died from old colonoscopy. People with heart problems or other problems that make it hard to be out under sedation etc. I think this is great., and that you dont need anything evasive!

I am suppose to get a colonoscopy soon and i am going to opt to do it this way. If im paying out of pocket i might as well do the procedure that is safer on me!

I can see how this will help so many people!

[wadjela]

No wonder you amerikans can't afford health care for all.

[hermangre]

Tomography, pure and simple. A picture taken from the inside out.

[trevorm1]

Still grosses me out, but I know which one I'd rather have.

Blecky