An air contrast barium enema is a test for your colon. These days, doctors don’t use it as often to look for colorectal cancer. Instead, it’s more common to get a colonoscopy, which can find ...

It's called an upper GI. And instead of the colon, the barium enemas, the lower GIs, but the upper GI is when you swallow the dye. Narrator Swallowing the dye doesn't sound pleasant. Nancy Kemeny ...

A new study published in The Lancet continues the debate about the relative merits of air contrast barium enema (ACBE ... and colonoscopy in the detection of colon polyps and cancers.