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You may have recently read or heard that a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that colonoscopy does not reduce colorectal cancer very much and does not reduce death from colorectal cancer. Not exactly. As with many things, the details matter. Those details show a very different picture than the headlines […]
Read moreBy J. David Schmidt, MD Lynch Syndrome is also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer. It is the most common cause of inherited colorectal cancer accounting for 3% of all newly diagnosed cases of colorectal cancer and 3% of endometrial cancer. Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer-related death in the United […]
Read moreBy American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy What Is a Colon Polyp? Polyps are benign growths (noncancerous tumors or neoplasms) involving the lining of the bowel. They can occur in several locations in the gastrointestinal tract but are most common in the colon. They vary in size from less than a quarter of an inch to […]
Read moreStacey works as a procedure scheduler at Granite Peaks Gastroenterology. When she was thirty years old and pregnant with her youngest child, she found a lump in her breast. The lump turned out to be cancerous, and it didn’t look good for Stacey. But after going through harsh chemotherapy and treatment, Stacey is a cancer survivor. Eight years later, […]
Read moreAt age 59, Ben noticed he had been experiencing subtle changes in his bowel movements for the past nine months. He decided to talk with his internist about his symptoms. Ben’s internal medicine physician mentioned that he was very overdue for his colonoscopy screening. Since Ben didn’t have a family history of colon cancer, he […]
Read moreBy Dr. R. Kyle Barnett Granite Peaks Gastroenterology has partnered with the American Cancer Society and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to promote “Eighty By 2018.” The initiative joins force with organizations such as ours that are committed to eliminating colorectal cancer as a major public health problem. Together, we are working toward the goal […]
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