title: By the way, doctor. How often should a healthy 55-year-old woman have a colonoscopy? Do the benefits outweigh the risk of complications, such as bowel perforation?
authors.forename: Celeste
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robb-Nicholson
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects