A Colonscope is used to remove or biopsy polyps

 Night Prep

 Anyone over 50 years old  Anyone who has previously had Colon cancer  Women who ha ve had Breast, Ovarian, or Uterine cancer  Anyone who has Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis  People with family history of Colon cancer

 106,370 people will be diagnosed with Colon Cancer this year  56,730 will die of Colon Cancer  If found early Colorectal Cancer 5 year survival rate is 90%  Polyps can take years to become cancerous  Only 40% of Colon Cancer is found early because of low screening rates  Death rates from Colon Cancer have been decreasing over the last several years because of Colonoscopy screenings