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A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy – and the steps required to get one – can cause a spike of anxiety.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Getting a colonoscopy as a screening test for cancer, for some people, can be a dreaded ordeal. "Well, nobody really looks forward to that, because of the way it's done, and of ...