Colonoscopy Party

Sherrill Jones, left, of Broomfield, and Vicki Trumbo, of Lafayette toast doctors Joel Montbriand and Daus Mahnke during a “Colonoscopy Party” last week at Lafayette’s Community Medical Center.  Tuesday’s event, hosted by Boulder Community Hospital and Gastroenterology of the Rockies, was held to promote early colorectal screening in women.  While physicians urge everyone older than 50 to have a colonoscopy screening, studies show that fewer than half of women do so.