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Colonic Polyps

Health information topics about Colonic Polyps:

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Colonic Polyps
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003111&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

    1. Virtual Colonoscopy
    National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/virtualcolonoscopy/index.htm

    2. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
    National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/sigmoidoscopy/

    3. Common Truths and Misconceptions Concerning Colono
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/tentruths.cfm

    4. Colonoscopy
    National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonoscopy/

    5. Barium Enema: Viewing the Colon for Abnormalities
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00003

Directories

    1. Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm

National Institutes of Health

    1. What I Need to Know about Colon Polyps
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonpolyps_ez/index.htm

Organizations

    1. American Cancer Society

    http://www.cancer.org/

    2. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho

    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/

    3. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K

    http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Overviews

    1. Understanding Polyps and Their Treatment
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/polyps_brochure.cfm

    2. Colon Polyps
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00511

Prevention/Screening

    1. Can Colorectal Polyps and Cancer Be Found Early?
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_Can_colon_and_rectum_c...

Related Issues

    1. Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm

Research

    1. Accuracy of CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/8/I-74

    2. How Often Does Colonoscopy Fail to Detect Polyps?
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/5/I-42

    3. Relationships between Aspirin Dose and Colorectal
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/3/I-24

    4. Study Suggests Too Many Follow-Up Colonoscopies
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Study_Suggests_Too_Many_...


 

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