[theptip]

Please be aware that the procedure is not risk-free and there is general concern in the medical community that it does more harm than good in healthy adults.

5/1000 colonoscopy patients have complications (some fatal) which is way higher than the base rate for colon cancer.

It’s not a harmless screen like a mammogram.

[gjreda]

> 5/1000 colonoscopy patients have complications (some fatal) which is way higher than the base rate for colon cancer.

Can you provide a source for this?

[theptip]

I copied that stat from the link I posted in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33153494