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Will a colonoscopy detect anal cancer/mass as well colon cancer? is the digital exam done before the colonoscopy is performed?
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Yes and Yes: A colonoscopy would detect anal, rectal, colon cancer. Typically a rectal/digital exam is done first.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Not able to detect.: Several instruments are used for examining the rectum and then colon. The anal canal is examined with an anoscope being several inches long. confirmation is by digital exam. The proctoscope looks at the rectum above the anus after which sigmoidoscopes were used but now replaced by the colonoscope for examining upper rectum to cecum. Lesion found are then bx.
Answered 6/18/2016
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