Dr. Gaziano, Dr. Monteagudo and our team of professionals are performing screening colonoscopies which save lives every day.
Digestive Disease Center
Should you be screened for Colorectal Cancer?
Ask your doctor today!
Colorectal cancer – the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States
– is 90% treatable if caught
early. That is why the CGH Digestive Disease Center offers the latest in detection
procedures, such as the colonoscopy, a visual examination of the colon using a
fiberoptic scope.
Visit our A.D.A.M. health library to learn more about a colonoscopy here.
Change the way you think about a colonoscopy.
Apprehensive? Don’t worry. You will be kept comfortable during this routine outpatient
procedure… and it could save your life. Your physician can let you know if you
should be screened for colorectal cancer. If the answer is yes,
ask for a referral to the CGH Digestive Disease Center. Our experienced gastroenterologists,
with the help of highly trained nurses and gastroenterology assistants, provide
screening procedures using the most up-to-date methods and technologically advanced
medical equipment.
CGH Medical Center's highly trained nurses, gastroenterology assistants and other
certified professionals in the Digestive Disease Center assist gastroenterologists
like Dr. Joseph Gaziano and Dr. Jorge Monteagudo in providing necessary colorectal
cancer screening procedures like colonoscopies.
- Watch our Digestive Disease video from our media center by clicking here
- Download our informational colorectal cancer / colonoscopy brochure here
- Learn more about specific diseases and conditions of the digestive tract here
- Click on the additional links to the right of the page for more information
and link to SRFC forms
