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Capsue endoscopy (the "camera pill") is good at looking at the small itnestines but not so much for the large intestines or the esophagus where we can reach with typce endoscopy procedures - it also does not allow for the biopsy/removal of suspicious polyps. The low complication rate of colonosopy makes this the screening of choice IMHO. I'm not scheduled to have screening procedures done for several years, but I've had a colonoscopy in the past and the memory is hazy, but not too traumatic.
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