1 Lordsburg Amtrak station information. 2  Amtrak â Stations â Lordsburg, NM. 3  Lordsburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)  Lordsburg, NM (LDB) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
If the exam is normal, a colonoscopy should be repeated every 10 years up to the age of 75. If the test detects precancerous polyps, the physician will recommend that colonoscopies be repeated more frequently.
There were 941 colorectal cancer cases in which colonoscopy was used as a primary diagnostic modality. Failure to detect the cancer occurred in 47 cases, for a sensitivity of 95%. The mean age of the 47 patients was 72 years, compared to 69.8 years for the entire study group.Only 1 patient with a failed detection was under 50 years of age, and 3 were in their sixth decade.ethods: During a retrospective evaluation of the sensitivity of barium enema and colonoscopy in 20 Indiana Hospitals, we encountered 47 cases of colorectal cancer in which a colonoscopy performed within 3 years of the diagnosis had not detected the cancer.