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Home > Prevention & Risk Assessment > Colorectal Cancer Detection & Prevention ColonoscopyGrace H. Elta, M.D., discusses the importance of colonoscopy. DefinitionA colonoscopy is a test that allows your doctor to look at the inner lining of your large intestine (rectum and colon). A thin, flexible tube called a colonoscope is used to look at the colon. A colonoscopy helps find ulcers, polyps, tumors, and areas of inflammation or bleeding. During a colonoscopy, tissue samples can be collected (biopsy) and abnormal growths can be taken out. Colonoscopy can also be used as a screening test to check for cancer or precancerous growths in the colon or rectum (polyps).To learn more about colonoscopy, please visit the University of Michigan Health System's Healthwise Knowledgebase on colonoscopy. Getting a ColonoscopyThe UMHS Internal Medicine's Gastroenterology Division performs colonoscopy at five locations in the community. Learn more.Additional ResourcesThe University of Michigan Health System has created audio files explaining many of our tests and procedures, including colonoscopy. Listen or download.Our Cancer AnswerLine is available to provide information if you still have questions.
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