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Colonoscopy Not As Effective As Thought At Finding Cancers: Study
medindia 8870 Posts A colonoscopy, the procedure in which a doctor looks for dangerous growths in the large intestine, may not be as great a protection from death from colorectal cancer as once thought, a study found Tuesday. In fact, a colonoscopy was ...Read More
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Were these colonoscopies performed by certified gastroenternologist? I had a colonoscopy today and asked my doctor about this and he said most of the colonoscopies done in these studies were not done by a gastroenternologist.

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