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In my practice at Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center, I frequently get asked this question: Should I get a colonoscopy?
I generally answer like this:
I have long had reservations about  'routine' colonoscopy screening based on age. I've seen complications and I've never been convinced the test is as beneficial for routine screening as promoted, especially in asymptomatic persons with no family history of colon cancer. Afterall, 'finding it early' – and then directing someone to surgery and chemotherapy – is not cancer prevention.  
Of course, that was often met with skepticism from patients, and with hysteria from the mainstream medical community. Let's explore this topic – especially since a new 10-year study, released in October 2022 in the New England Journal of Medicine and discussed in Part 2 of this four-part series, has dared bravely questioned this stalwart procedure....