Beating Cancer - One Patient at a Time
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 16:22
in Health & Medicine
Like most people, John Gifford wasn't looking forward to a colonoscopy when he arrived on the UCI Medical Center campus in Orange in 2018. The Riverside man, 65, was concerned about his family history of colorectal cancer and had dutifully scheduled an appointment with UCI Health gastroenterologist Dr. William Karnes. The exam turned out to be intriguing and enlightening - a far cry from what one expects during a colonoscopy, Gifford recalls with a laugh.