Capital Digestive Care

Colon Cancer Prevention. When it comes to cancer, preventing it should always be the goal. Most colorectal cancers begin as polyps. Finding, quantifying, localizing, and removing polyps through screening colonoscopy is the most effective strategy to prevent colorectal cancer.

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First in Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis and Management

Fatty liver disease is extremely common, affecting an estimated 100 million – or 1 out of every 4 – Americans. Although this “silent” disease often has few noticeable symptoms, it can raise your risk of cardiovascular disease, liver failure, and liver cancer.That’s why Capital Digestive Care has invested in expert physicians, leading-edge technology, research, and support for people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD).

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More than 200,000 patients put their trust in Capital Digestive Care each year and their feedback speaks for itself. Our physicians are among the most highly rated in their communities, ranking 4.7 out of 5 on more than 10,000 patient satisfaction surveys and 4.3 out of 5 on more than 900 insights posted across social media and other physician rating websites. With more than 20 office locations and outpatient surgery centers and more than 160 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, Capital Digestive Care is the largest gastroenterology group in the Mid-Atlantic states

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Leading-edge technologyWe are one of the few practices in the region to offer the latest technology to assess liver health. Many of these procedures are noninvasive and can be performed in the office by our experts.Ultrasound-based procedures to detect, manage, and monitor fatty liver disease.Velacur and FibroScan ultrasound-based elastography, which can measure the degree of scarring (fibrosis), excess fat (steatosis), and inflammation in the liver.