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| | Colonoscopy, Atlas, Colon, Rectum. |
 | | The colon and rectum cancer are one of the most frequent and according to statistics, keeps growing, regardless of gender, but it is still the most preventive. |
 | | It is “absolutely recommended”, as a way of prevention, the practice of the colonoscopy with patients in risk of developing a colon cancer, moreover in family patients that have had a tumor in first degree, or in those having diseases related to a major incidence of this type of cancer. |
 | | The patient is mildly sedated, the endoscope is inserted through the anus and moved gently around the bends of the colon. |
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