To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays. Today’s edition is a bit different: a ...

In a joint letter, the presidents of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy responded critically to a New York Times “letter to the editor” ...

Philip O. Katz, MD, president of the American College of Gastroenterology, defended traditional colonoscopy as a more effective, cost-savvy choice over virtual, or CT, colonoscopy in a letter to ...

Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis that comes too late and with too few effective treatment options. But ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Provider recommendation for colonoscopy was the strongest incentive for young adults across all racial/ethnic ...

TUPELO — The age range for colon cancer screenings lowered in recent years to include younger individuals as the incidence rate of colon cancer shifted. Dr. Stephen Amann, a gastroenterologist at ...

Several procedures are available to screen and detect colorectal cancer, which affects the colon (large intestine) or rectum. “Undergoing regular screening can lead to the detection of polyps, and ...