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How do you screen for colon cancer?
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Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal ca screening. Flexible sigmoidoscopy plus a barium enema are a less expensive alternative. Recently, special cat scans have been used as a less invasive screening alternative, however, if an abnormality is seen, colonoscopy is then necessary.
Answered 12/11/2014
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Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy and fecal blood screening.
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