sigmoid colon, and rectum. The underlying causes of death were obtained from cancer-registry and state mortality files. We examined whether physicians' adenoma detection rates, categorized either ...

We defined adenoma location as either distal (rectum or sigmoid colon) or proximal (more proximal than the sigmoid colon). We could not define adenomas as high-risk or low-risk entirely on the ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

Colonoscopic findings were classified as tubular adenoma, advanced adenoma ... left colon ranging from the splenic flexure to the sigmoid and rectum alone). Assessment of lifestyle and dietary ...

Adenoma: benign (non-cancerous ... procedure in which the inside of the lower large intestine (called the sigmoid colon) is examined. Flexible sigmoidoscopies are commonly used to evaluate ...

Repeated flexible sigmoidoscopy screening increased the detection of colorectal cancer or advanced adenoma in women by one-fourth and in men by one-third, according findings published in the Journal ...