When it comes to colon cancer checks, options exist | Longevity science | Scoop.it

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) 

 

For people who have had a negative colonoscopy, less-invasive screening options may work just fine for follow-up cancer tests, a new analysis suggests. 

 

The findings, which are based on a mathematical model, showed life expectancy varied by only a few days between people who continued getting colonoscopies every ten years and those who chose annual fecal blood tests and other less-invasive alternatives.