Rooting out a major killer

IT ISN'T EASY GETTING AMERICa.ANS TO heed the best ad-ice around for preventing colon cancer: only 30 percent of those older than 50 undergo the recommended annual sigmoidoscopy, in which a thin tube containing fiber optics snakes partway up the colon and looks for precancerous polyps. Those to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Newsweek 2000-07, Vol.136 (5), p.59
1. Verfasser:	Rainey, Susan
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colon Colonoscopy Colorectal cancer Medical diagnosis Medical procedures Polyps Testing
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