Radiologist Sees Dual Use for Colon Scans
636034
Scanning a patient's colon for  cancerous polyps also offers an opportunity to assess the risk  of a heart attack by checking for calcium deposits in the  aorta, researchers said on Wednesday.
516468
A pill-sized camera might eliminate the need for invasive techniques to screen for inflammations or obstructions in the esophagus.
413144
Better doctor-patient communication may improve colon cancer screening rates among African Americans, results of a North Carolina study suggest.
573331
FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering a PET scan for patients undergoing radiation lung cancer treatment may help doctors determine optimal therapy, a new study suggests.
258974
NEW YORK  - One type of screening for  colorectal cancer -- sigmoidoscopy -- need not be repeated more  often than every five years, as is currently recommended.  According to a new study, the likelihood of colorectal cancer  occurring remains low for at least five years after a negative  sigmoidoscopy result.
495390
CHICAGO - Virtual colonoscopy, an imaging procedure used for early identification of colon cancer, may also detect heart attack risk in patients, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
124200
Here&#39;s a suggestion that could save you $800 to $1,500: If you&#39;ve been planning to treat yourself to a full-body CT scan for your health&#39;s sake, don&#39;t.
360284
Researchers at Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. hope to produce better drugs with medical-imaging equipment usually used to examine patients.
291981
US researchers have found that people who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may be raising their overall risk of cancer, reported China Radio International Tuesday.
237348
Virtual colonoscopy, which uses  souped-up x-rays to check for colon cancer instead of threading  a tube through the gut, shows promise but is not ready to  replace traditional colonoscopies yet, experts said on  Wednesday.
335701
Radiation exposure from a yearly full-body scan could dramatically increase the lifetime risk of cancer, researchers report in a new study.
191526
While colonoscopy is the gold standard for screening for colon cancer, it&#39;s not 100-percent reliable for spotting cancers in the right side of the bowel, Canadian researchers report.
164367
People who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may, ironically, be raising their overall risk of cancer, doctors warned on Tuesday.
80584
A scan can reveal which people harbour dangerous levels of fat around their internal organs, work shows.
266840
If you've had a CT or MRI scan recently, ask your doctor for the CD. You can make something pretty with it. In Bodyhack.
750982
Many people with colon cancer may not be diagnosed until after symptoms arise, even though the disease can be caught earlier with routine screening, a study released Monday suggests.
491654
A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.