practice · Tracked item
Colonoscopy
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▲ Strong endorse
2 recommendations across 1 expert · 2 episodes
2 endorse
0 nuanced
0 avoid
Who's on the record
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Attia advocates aggressive colon cancer screening with colonoscopy; he's had three by age 50.
“I'm three colonoscopies in at 50
TT▶ 2:05:10DosageMultiple times by age 50; more aggressive than standardCaveatsAggressive screening has downsidesCertaintyexplicitstrong endorsement -
In a protocol
Attia advocates aggressive colon cancer screening via colonoscopy, starting around age 40 with no family history, and repeating every 1-3 years rather than every 5-10.
“nobody should ever die from colon cancer
TP▶ 26:00DosageFirst at age 40; repeat every 1-3 yearsCaveatsCosts ~$2,000 out of pocket; small sedation and perforation riskCertaintyexplicitstrong endorsement