September 3, 2015
Longer colonoscopy time linked to reduced cancer risk
Editor's Note
The longer time a screening colonoscopy takes, the less risk of developing cancer within 5 years, this study finds.
Patients whose screenings were performed by physicians whose average colonoscopy times lasted less than 6 minutes were twice as likely to develop colon cancer within 5 years as those whose colonoscopy times averaged more than 6 minutes.
A colonoscopy time beyond 8 minutes added no extra reduction in cancer risk.
Free Daily News
- Milestone pig kidney transplant offers hope amid ethical, safety questions
- Fitch Ratings: Hospital credit outlook improves amid stabilizing margins
- Annual Leapfrog Group awards recognize top hospitals, ASCs
- US obesity rates decline for first time in a decade
- Study: Active monitoring without surgery safe for certain low-risk DCIS patients
- Data support option to skip sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer
- Surveyed nurses, physicians likely to quit
- Costs drop, access expands for GLP-1 weight loss drugs
- Q&A: Perioperative immunotherapy advances for early-stage NSCLC
- Proposals close December 16: Present at the 2025 OR Manager Conference
© Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved. |
Privacy Policy |
Cookie Settings |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging |
Accessibility Statement