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Article: Virtual colonoscopy may not be ready for prime time just yet.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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Byline: Patricia Corrigan
ST. LOUIS _ Here's the thing about a virtual colonoscopy_you still have to show up.
And though it's been advertised as "noninvasive," there is a small tube involved, and the bowel cleansing ahead of time is still required. Still, doctors hope that eventually, the option of virtual colonoscopy will increase the number of people willing to be screened for colorectal cancer.
Don't rush out to sign up just yet.
First of all, virtual colonoscopy currently is available only to patients who cannot undergo a conventional colonoscopy. Guidelines for more general use have not been issued yet, and few people are trained ...