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And unlike a sigmoidoscopy, a colonoscopy also examines the right side of the colon, where polyps could hide and turn into cancer, too.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2022

These could be a colonoscopy - a procedure which uses a camera inside a long tube to look inside the whole bowel - or a flexible sigmoidoscopy, which looks at part of it.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2022

The United States Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed panel, recommends people age 50 to 75 get screened for colon cancer using colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy or fecal occult blood testing at regular intervals.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2012

The new study shows that the simpler test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, can be a good option.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2012

Tests such as sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy can find premalignant polyps.

From Washington Post