Virtual colonoscopy, also called computed tomography colonography (CTC) or CT colonography, is a noninvasive way to check for polyps and colon cancer tumors. If you need a colonoscopy, you may wonder ...

CHICAGO – Three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is more sensitive and less invasive than conventional colonoscopy in screening average-risk ...

NEWARK, Del. — The Colon Health Center of Delaware has been selling an alternative to one of medicine’s most unloved procedures: the colonoscopy. Rather than insert several feet of tubing into the ...

If you’re between the ages of 45 and 85, you should have a colorectal cancer screening routine in place, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). But a colonoscopy—in which your doctor uses a special ...

WASHINGTON - Medicare won't pay for the so-called virtual colonoscopy procedure, concluding Tuesday that there's inadequate evidence to support the cheaper, less intrusive alternative to the dreaded ...

A procedure that lets doctors find abnormal growths in the colon through computer-generated images is slightly more accurate and less invasive than conventional colonoscopy, new research suggests.

Having had two optical and one virtual colonoscopy over the last 10 to 12 years, I read the article about the procedures with much interest ["Inside Out," April 28]. Two things became immediately ...

Despite not being covered by most insurers, virtual colonoscopy is gaining favor among patients because of its non-invasive nature and among providers, as new research has indicated it is about as ...

Despite not being covered by most insurers, virtual colonoscopy is gaining favor among patients because of its non-invasive nature, as well as among providers, as new research has indicated it is ...

WASHINGTON — Medicare won't pay for the virtual colonoscopy procedure, concluding Tuesday that there's inadequate evidence to support the cheaper, less intrusive alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare won't pay for the so-called virtual colonoscopy procedure, concluding Tuesday that there's inadequate evidence to support the cheaper, less intrusive alternative to the ...