Colonoscopy Did Not Reduce Cancer Deaths in Trial

Colonoscopy screening reduced the risk of colorectal cancer by 18% in a trial but did not significantly reduce cancer-related deaths during 10 years of follow-up. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, were “both surprising and disappointing” and similar to reductions in colorectal cancer and deaths found in previous randomized trials of sigmoidoscopy, which is considered to be a less effective screening tool than colonoscopy, according to an accompanying editorial.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research