Editing Colonoscopy (section)

==Society and culture==
The procedure of colonoscopy gained national attention in the [[United States]] in 1985 when [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] underwent a life-saving colonoscopy.<ref name="pmid19476902">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wiedeman JE |title=Presidential operations: medical fact or urban legend? |journal=J Am Coll Surg |volume=208 |issue=6 |pages=1132–7 |date=June 2009 |pmid=19476902 |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.024 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10996587">{{cite journal |vauthors=Selby JV |title=Explaining recent declines in colorectal cancer incidence: was it the sigmoidoscope? |journal=Am J Med |volume=109 |issue=4 |pages=332–4 |date=September 2000 |pmid=10996587 |doi=10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00540-4 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25901884">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gilbert RE |title=The politics of presidential illness. Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra Scandal |journal=Politics Life Sci |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=58–76 |date=2014 |pmid=25901884 |doi=10.2990/33_2_58 |s2cid=41674696 |url=}}</ref>

A survey on colonoscopy shows a poor understanding of its protective value and widespread misconceptions. The public has perceptual gaps around the purpose of colonoscopies, the subjective experience of the colonoscopy procedure, and the quantity of bowel preparation needed.<ref name="pmid32437402">{{cite journal |vauthors=Amlani B, Radaelli F, Bhandari P |title=A survey on colonoscopy shows poor understanding of its protective value and widespread misconceptions across Europe |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=e0233490 |date=2020 |pmid=32437402 |pmc=7241766 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0233490 |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1533490A |url= |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Actors [[Ryan Reynolds]] and [[Rob McElhenney]] have used their social media platform to raise awareness about the importance of colonoscopy as a procedure for [[colon cancer screening]]. They filmed their own colonoscopies as part of a campaign called "Lead From Behind",<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Share Their Colonoscopy Videos To Encourage People to 'Lead From Behind' |url=https://www.ccalliance.org/blog/press-releases/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-share-colonoscopy-videos-encourage-people-lead-from-behind |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=Colorectal Cancer Alliance |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114195836/https://www.ccalliance.org/blog/press-releases/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-share-colonoscopy-videos-encourage-people-lead-from-behind |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=13 September 2022 |title=Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney Film Each Other Getting Colonoscopies |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-colonoscopy-video-lead-from-behind/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=UPROXX |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114195834/https://uproxx.com/tv/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-colonoscopy-video-lead-from-behind/ |url-status=live }}</ref> demonstrating that the procedure can be both easy and lifesaving.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/14/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-colonoscopy-video-wellness/index.html |title=Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney get a colonoscopy on camera to raise awareness |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113232106/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/14/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-colonoscopy-video-wellness/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/news/20220914/actors-bring-awareness-to-colonoscopies |title=Celebrity Actors Film Their Colonoscopies to Bring Awareness |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113232107/https://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/news/20220914/actors-bring-awareness-to-colonoscopies |url-status=live }}</ref>