Available as both streaming video (3 min., 19 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) and downloadable video (3 min., 19 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) files.
System Details
Mode of access: Internet via the NIH SeniorHealth web site. Addresses as of 10/07/09: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/colorectalcancer/symptomsanddiagnosis/video/cc1.html and http://nihseniorhealth.gov/colorectalcancer/symptomsanddiagnosis/video/cc1_mp300.html; current access available via PURL.
System requirements: Internet browser; multimedia software player capable of playing Windows Media Video files.
Note
Title from title frame.
"Video courtesy ABC 4 Utah."
Accompanied by transcript in HTML format.
Summary
Covers the rationale for colonoscopy, its success rates, and its advantages and disadvantages relative to sigmoidoscopy.
