Dr. Brett Matthews, DO, a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeon, has joined the medical staffs of North Adams ...

Mayo Clinic says that Lynch syndrome is caused by genes that are passed from parents to their children. I’ll let them explain: “Genes are pieces of DNA. DNA is like a set of instructions for every ...

Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) announced the appointment of Brett Matthews, DO, a board certified and fellowship trained ...

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals aims to make the colonoscopy a little more up close and personal, for providers anyway, by connecting ...

Did you know binge-watching can have a significant impact on digestion, often rivalling the effects of junk food? Here's ...

Besides upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, he performs endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), gastric-per-oral ...

Introduction Post colonoscopy colorectal cancers (PCCRC) are diagnosed within 5 years of an index colonoscopy without a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis and post endoscopy upper gastrointestinal ...

Background Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) often prompts gastrointestinal investigations due to malignancy concerns. However, the diagnostic yield for significant gastric or colorectal pathologies is ...

The initial upper endoscopy and colonoscopy showed no significant findings, but stool occult blood continued to be positive, and the IDA was refractory to iron supplements, prompting further ...

I had a symptom of colon cancer and family history, so I got a colonoscopy. It was expensive, and insurance was a nightmare, ...

[3] Colon capsule endoscopy versus CT colonography in FIT-positive colorectal cancer screening subjects: a prospective randomised trial—the VICOCA study. BMC Medicine (2020).

While colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., and it is highly preventable for patients who undergo regular colonoscopy screenings, only 59% of U.S. adults ...