Reader Question: Distinguish Between Screening vs. Diagnostic Colonoscopy

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Reader Question:
Distinguish Between Screening vs. Diagnostic Colonoscopy

Published on Tue Feb 20, 2018

Question: Can you explain the difference between a screening colonoscopy versus a diagnostic colonoscopy? California Subscriber Answer: Physicians order screening colonoscopies in the absence of [...]

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