Colonoscope Articles & Analysis
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Patients with an abnormal blood-based screening result should be referred for a diagnostic colonoscopic evaluation. What’s next for the Shield test This year Guardant Health plans to share results of the ECLIPSE clinical study (NCT04136002) to demonstrate the performance of the Shield test to detect early signs of CRC in individuals ages 45-84 who are at average risk. ...
David Diehl, Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, “the platform now slides effortlessly over the colonoscope, making straightening of the left colon very easy. The difference in ease of use with EZ Glide is huge and has encouraged me to utilize the DiLumen platform more often for complex colonic polypectomies. ...
The device is compatible with most standard colonoscopes, aides the advancement of colonoscopes and endoscopic suturing devices through the colon, improves scope stability and provides dynamic multidirectional retraction during endolumenal colonic interventions. ...
In a recent scientific study, reported in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Medicine, the EMI-137 agent allowed doctors to see more early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) and precancerous tumours, which can then easily be removed via colonoscopy. However, screening with a colonoscope, which is currently the most common method, can miss up to 25% of precancerous growths, ...