# OnCo record colonoscopy (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/colonoscopy/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "colonoscopy" ;
  schema:name "Colonoscopy"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "colonoscopies"@en, "colonoscopic"@en, "polypectomy"@en, "sigmoidoscopy"@en ;
  schema:description "Examining the whole large bowel with a flexible camera; polyps found on the way are removed (polypectomy), which prevents most bowel cancers."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/colonoscopy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy>, <https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/campaigning/never-too-young/lynch-syndrome/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/tests-and-next-steps/>, <https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2208375>, <https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319858>, <https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1100370> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/endoscopic-resection/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/endoscopy/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/colonoscopy-surveillance-intervals/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/colorectal-polyp-types/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/serrated-pathway/> .