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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Overview

Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy are diagnostic studies of choice to diagnose colon polyps.

There are two gold standard tests for the diagnosis of colon polyps include:
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy

	Sensitivity	Specificity
Colonoscopy
Flexible sigmoidoscopy