Would a endoscopy?? detect colon or prostate cancer? It showed the stomach and it was clear.?

My brother in law has had bad stomach pain that moves into his back and they did find blood in his stool so did a test that goes through the nose %26amp; he was clear. I just want to know if that particular test checks for all posible cancer. He's seeing a gastroologist.??

Would a endoscopy?? detect colon or prostate cancer? It showed the stomach and it was clear.?
endoscopy is just for stomach and will detect for colon but not sure about prostate coz thats a different system in body.
Reply:He would need a colonoscopy to detect colon cancer. An MRI would give them a better picture of what's going on with him. Good luck to your brother in law.
Reply:An endoscopy only shows the top part of the digestive system, the esophagus and the stomach. It is mostly used to diagnose ulcers. If he has blood in the stool they should be doing a colonoscopy. That is the most conclusive test for lower intestinal problems.
Reply:From what you tell me, they had a look at his upper GI tract- esophagus, stomach, maybe even small intestine. This test would show esophageal cancers, stomach cancers and small intestine cancers.





He would have to have a colonoscopy (up the rectum) to determine if it was colon cancer.





Prostate cancer is not determined this way and is separate from the GI tract. If he had urinary problems (difficulty peeing, pain, burining, blood, urge) then look at the prostate.
Reply:to view the colon you would have to have a colonoscopy . this is when the Dr inserts a long tube with a camera into the rectum and advances it to view the whole colon. there is also a small camera in a pill that can be swallowed and when it is passed from the body is then analyzed.(not used very often)
Reply:he would need complete upper and lower GI as well as blood tests and tissue tests to be sure how sure are you of this doctor
Reply:Endoscopy looks at the throat and stomach mostly.





The gastroenterologist will probably want to do a sigmoidoscopy and/or colonoscopy for colon cancer/polyps (the first one you are awake and they put a small tube into your rectum and the second one you are asleep and they use a longer tube and can pinch off polyps)...If he is over 50, he should have a routine colonoscopy anyway. They recommend a baseline one for anyone over 50.





He could also do an Upper GI (barium) x-ray and a Lower GI (barium) x-ray...where you swallow barium for the first one and they put barium enema in you for the second one...





For prostate cancer, they usually do a blood test first for a marker in the blood called PSA or a new test called EPCA-2 .


http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/new...


Also doctors can do a prostate exam, where they feel it through the rectum and have the person cough...He could go to a urologist if he is worried about his prostate.
Reply:He would need a colonoscopy to check his colon. For the prostate, he would need a blood test called a PSA, which can help detect prostate cancer.