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Study Backs Virtual Colonoscopy

Computer scan as effective as invasive procedure

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2008 6:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – A new study has found a virtual colonoscopy to be almost as effective as a conventional invasive procedure in detecting colon cancer, USA Today reports. Virtual colonoscopies, using scans and computer imaging, discovered 90% of the cancers located by regular colonoscopies, in which a scope...   Read full story »

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