Mar
2008
Yes, according to the American Cancer Society, virtual colonoscopy can prove a boon to patients hitherto undergoing the conventional and not-so-pleasant colonoscopy. If this becomes successful, millions would be benefited. The ‘EBT Heart and Body Imaging’ at Detroit seemed to have passed the advance test supported by the 5-year colon screening guidelines.”March being the month of awareness for colon cancer awareness, the including of ‘Virtual Colonoscopy’ in the colonoscopy guidelines in the month of March can send smiles across the cancer patients that need to undergo frequent colonoscopies,” remarks a physician based in Detroit.
‘The American Cancer Society’ in association with the ‘American College of Radiology’ as well as a group of multitask force on colorectal cancer which has representatives from various groups of gastroenterology released the unanimously approved colon screening guidelines for screening colorectal cancer. Thankfully the virtual colonoscopy passed the ACS screening tests.
According to the ‘American Cancer Society’, colorectal cancer is the third commonest of cancers amongst the Americans and second in leading to cancer death in the country. Colorectal cancer mostly is common after the age of 50 and caused death of about 75k people in the year 2007 alone with almost double that number of new cancer cases. In spite these alarming numbers less than half of these only get tested.
“Unfortunately several deaths happen for the simple reason of people waiting for the compensation for this colonoscopy which is quite expensive,” says the Director of EBT Heart & Body Imaging, Detroit. “In this context the virtual colonoscopy proves boon to them and additionally, it satisfies all criteria of a regular colonoscopy screening and therefore it can incorporated into the screening. The third parties that pay compensations, doctors and medical institutions can also avail the information for expediting compensations as well as training the doctors,” remarks the director of the Imaging institute.
‘Virtual colonoscopy’ procedure which is also known as ‘CT colonography’ will soon be covered by insurance opines the director of the institute and in the interim it can be availed by US and Canadian residents.
Virtual colonoscopy procedure is less invasive and uses CT scan technology to give a 3-D view of the colon without any sedation required. Once the procedure is complete, the person can resume back to normal routine. This procedure is a recommended screening test for colon cancer.
