Screening not only helps find early stage colorectal cancer but can also prevent some other cancers. Tests include a fecal occult blood test (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, and a colonoscopy. In this video, Dr. Roshini Raj explains what these tests are like and how an overall screening may go.
This video features Roshini Raj, MD. Dr. Raj is a gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at NYU School of Medicine, and an attending physician at NYU Langone Medical Center.
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