Editorial policy

Source hierarchy

1. Current U.S. clinical guidelines and government health agencies.
2. Specialty-society consensus guidance for procedural details.
3. National Cancer Institute patient and professional reference material.
4. Peer-reviewed literature when a current guideline does not answer the question.

Update triggers

Content should be reviewed whenever ACS, USPSTF, US Multi-Society Task Force/ACG/AGA/ASGE, CDC, NCI, Medicare, or federal preventive-services coverage guidance materially changes.

Clinical safety rules

• Do not diagnose cancer from symptoms or uploaded text.
• Do not prescribe medication changes for bowel prep.
• Do not automatically calculate surveillance intervals from one pathology term.
• Clearly distinguish screening from diagnostic evaluation and surveillance.
• Provide urgent-care language for severe symptoms without pretending to triage an individual.

External resources & commercial independence

When Colonoscopy.us links to a third-party service, the relationship should be stated clearly. External programs control their own pricing, eligibility, providers, terms, and privacy practices. Any paid, affiliate, referral, sponsorship, or other financial relationship must be disclosed prominently; absent such a relationship, the site should not imply one.

Corrections

Every substantive correction should update the review date and, for major medical changes, retain a short change log.

Readability

Core patient content should aim for plain language, short sentences, meaningful headings, and definitions near unfamiliar medical terms. Technical detail can be layered underneath.