Colorectal Cancer Screening News

2012 Press Releases

• Study Examines Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting and Performance
  January 23, 2012

2011 Press Releases

• Make Getting Screened for Colorectal Cancer Your New Year's Resolution
  December 15, 2011
• Use of A Retroflexion Technique During Colonoscopy In The Right Side of The Colon Improves Polyp Detection
  August 4, 2011
• Polyp Miss Rates High for Colonoscopies Done After Poor Bowel Preparation
  June 13, 2011
• Dr. Oz Highlights the Importance of Following Bowel Preparation Instructions Before Colonoscopy
  June 3, 2011
• Colorectal Cancer Experts Hold Capitol Hill Briefing to Promote National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
  March 30, 2011
• Colonoscopy Linked to Decrease in Colorectal Cancer Deaths, But Many More Could Have Been Prevented
  March 8, 2011
• Help ASGE Catch a Killer – Send a Colorectal Cancer Screening e-Card!
  March 1, 2011
• Screening Can Help Stop Colorectal Cancer Before it Starts
  February 28, 2011

2010 Press Releases

• New Colonoscopy Skills Assessment Tool Developed For Trainees
  December 15, 2010
• Rates of Screening Colonoscopy are not Increased When Women are Offered a Female Endoscopist
  November 11
• Studies Show Improved Patient Tolerance For Unsedated Colonoscopy Using A Novel Water Method
  September 29, 2010
• ASGE and the Colorectal Cancer Coalition Praise Affordable Care Act Provision
  September 22, 2010
• Study Shows That Splitting Bowel Preparation Dosage is Most Effective Cleansing Method Before Colonoscopy
  August 5, 2010
• New Study Finds Strong Association Between Smoking and Flat Precancerous Polyps
  June 10, 2010
• ASGE Issues Guideline on Ethnic Issues in Endoscopy
  June 3, 2010
• Studies Examine Third Eye Retroscope During Colonoscopy
  March 18
• ASGE and Actor Hill Harper Raise Awareness About Colon Cancer Screening Among African-Americans in New PSA
  March 2
• Knowing Your Colon Cancer Family History Could Save Your Life
  March 1, 2010
• Study Examines Interval Colorectal Cancer Despite Surveillance Colonoscopy
  January 6, 2010

2009 Press Releases

• ASGE Lauds Drop in Colorectal Cancer Deaths
  December 10, 2009
• Study Shows Unsedated Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening Well Accepted in Majority of Patients
  October 26, 2009
• Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and ASGE Host Issue Forum on African-Americans and Colorectal Cancer
  September 24, 2009
• GI Socities Hold Capitol Hill Briefing on Colorectal Cancer
  March 31, 2009
• ASGE’S Birthday E-Card Reminds Recipients to get Screened for Colorectal Cancer!
  March 9, 2009
• March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Do You Know What Your Screening Options Are?
  March 6, 2009
• Studies Examine a Novel Water Method for Unsedated Colonoscopy; Length of Time Between Bowel and Prep and Colonoscopy Predicts Bowel Prep Quality
  March 2, 2009
• African Americans and Colon Cancer: Why Screening Saves Lives
  February 16, 2009

2008 Press Releases

• ASGE Urges Patients to Seek a Qualified Endoscopist Before Undergoing a Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer
  December 16, 2008
• Narrow-band Imaging Comparable to Standard White Light Colonoscopy in Differentiating Colorectal Polyps in Real-Time
  December 15, 2008
• ASGE Encouraged by Drop in Colorectal Cancer Deaths
  November 26, 2008
• ASGE Position Statement on USPSTF Colorectal Screening Recommendations
  October 10, 2008
• The Facts Hispanics Need to Know About Colon Cancer
  September 23, 2008
• Risk of Colorectal Cancer Extremely Low Five Years After a Normal Colonoscopy Screening
  September 22, 2008
• ASGE Encourages Patients to Speak to Their Doctor About Colorectal Cancer Screening Options
  Septembert 17, 2008
• Study Presented at Digestive Disease Week® Examined ACR's Guidelines for CT Colonography Interpretation and Implications for Resection of High Risk Adenoma Findings
  July 11, 2008
• Study Finds That Competency in Colonoscopy Requires Experience With 150 Cases or More
  April 23, 2008
• Colon Cancer Myths Dispelled!
  March 10, 2008
• ASGE Re-Launches Colon Cancer Awareness Web Site www.screen4coloncancer.org for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  March 6, 2008
• New Guidelines Update Recommendations on Colorectal Cancer Screening
  March 6, 2008
• The Facts African Americans Need to Know About Colon Cancer
  February 14, 2008

2007 Press Releases

• If you are 50 and Over, Make Getting Screened for Colorectal Cancer Your New Year's Resolution
  December 21, 2007
• Recent Studies Confirm Significant Underuse of Colorectal Cancer Screening
  December 17, 2007
• ASGE Applauds News of Drop in Colorectal Cancer Deaths
  October 15, 2007
• Colonoscopy Remains the Most Effective Screening Option for Colon Cancer
  October 2, 2007