ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a perfect time to remind people how important it is to get screened for colon cancer. Colonoscopy is the standard used for screening; ...

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, known as virtual colonoscopy, can be used to diagnose significant medical problems in organs outside the colon, according to a new study conducted at the San ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer has been in use in ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Licensed CT Technician for Life Guard Imaging, Brandi McMillan, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to share more about their virtual colonoscopy and how it compares to a ...

When caught early, colorectal cancer is easily treated and has a survival rate of over 90%. At the same time, it is the cancer that people really don’t want to talk about — even with their doctor.

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. federal health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled, will not pay for so-called virtual colonoscopies, which check for colon cancer using scans ...

CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

It wasn’t a vote of confidence. A national study found that virtual colonoscopy, a computerized-imaging technique that offers a less invasive way to screen for colon cancer, was significantly less ...

Evidence-based recommendations on computed tomographic (CT) colonography (virtual colonoscopy). This involves using a CT scanner to help doctors see signs of cancer and detect polyps in the colon.