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Catching the Cancers Colonoscopies Miss

Doctors today were taking a hard look at how colonoscopy may change in light of new data which suggests many potential cancers are being missed -- and the research may even impact how colonoscopy is done and how patients perform the distasteful preparation for the procedure. Coincidentally, the findings came on the same day a group of medical organizations recommended two tests -- virtual colonoscopy and a stool DNA test -- to supplement traditional colonoscopy screening tests for colon cancer....Full Story
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