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Colonoscopies may reduce cancer deaths

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October 10, 2022 7:30 AM
Published 8:25 AM

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY/CNN) - A new study suggests colonoscopy may reduce the risk of dying of colorectal cancer by as much as 50-percent.

The catch is that is only true-in-people actually get the scan.

The study, published Sunday in the New England Journal of medicine, looked at 84-thousand European patients.

Those who agree to undergo colonoscopy will reduce their risk by 31-percent compared to those who did not agree.

But the study also determined that 455 people would need a colonoscopy to prevent one case of cancer.

The authors admitted they actually expected even more convincing results from the study.

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