Cancer screeningIt is important to know your personal risk for different cancers, and to follow guidelines for screenings set out by the American Cancer Society and other medical groups.For example, colonoscopies, which have dropped dramatically during the pandemic, are considered the gold standard for detecting colon cancer.
David A. Greenwald, president of the American College of Gastroenterology and director of clinical gastroenterology and endoscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, says colonoscopies are “as safe now as always," with new measures such as additional personal protective equipment for clinicians and pre-procedure Covid testing for patients.
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