Glossary
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- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- An endoscope—a thin, flexible tube with a light on the end—is used to examine the inner lining of the rectum and the last two feet of the colon, where many cancers and polyps develop. The test usually is performed in a physician's office and does not require anesthesia.
