Advances in colorectal cancer screening, Pt 2

Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) has seen a lot of innovations, but there is still the conventional gold standard. On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes Dr. Aziz Aadam to discuss the need for early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection, and the options available to patients.

 

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient

Guest:
Abdul Aziz Aadam, MD
Interventional Gastroenterologist
Director, Interventional Endoscopy
Medical Director, International Patient Services
Northwestern Medicine

 

Show Notes:

[01:05] CRC screening options

[02:40] Colonoscopy advantages and disadvantages

[03:35] Virtual colonoscopies

[04:14] Artificial intelligence enhancement

[04:54] Improvements in the future

[07:10] No tests are foolproof

[07:50] Need to improve access

 

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. Aadam’s email: abdul.aadam@northwestern.edu

 

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