Peter Attia· MD
i think 40 is the age at which a person should have their first colonoscopy if they have no history of colon cancer
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i think 40 is the age at which a person should have their first colonoscopy if they have no history of colon cancer
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in our practice we think 40 is the age at which a person should have their first colonoscopy if they have no history of colon cancer
would do it every 5 to 10 years we typically say with no family history or risk factors meaning you don't have inflammatory bowel disease or Crohn's disease or things like that um we would typically say 40 and then about every 3 years depending on the findings