Sigmoidoscopy: Cancer in the colon


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Sigmoidoscopy: Cancer in the colon


Photograph of colon cancer visible with a colonoscope

Photo credit: Jacqueline Littée, RN. All rights reserved.

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Primary Medical Reviewer Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology
Last Updated May 8, 2007

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