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Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps
Study suggests differences in patient preparation and doctor fatigue play a role. Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found.
Removing polyps is believed to reduce the risk of colon cancer by 60 to 90 percent.
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, analyzed data on 477 people who had colonoscopies in a one-year span at a Veterans Affairs hospital.
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