A single screening colonoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by roughly 30% over 13 years — a meaningful improvement over earlier findings — but failed to produce a statistically significant ...

At-home FIT screening involves testing stool for amounts of blood too small to see, which can help to diagnose colon cancer ...

A long-term study has examined how a colonoscopy affects the risk of colon cancer and the mortality risk in the event of a ...

Researchers conducted an analysis of various colorectal cancer screening modalities to determine which test was most cost-effective, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine. The study compared ...

SAN DIEGO — In the ever-expanding options for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, blood tests using precision medicine are becoming more advanced and convenient than ever; however, caveats abound, and ...

For patients with a positive fecal occult blood test in a cohort study, those who did not undergo a follow-up colonoscopy had an increased incidence of colorectal cancer. Those who underwent ...

This randomized trial showed that a personalized message about colorectal cancer risk to patients and providers had no effect on screening uptake. However, stool testing rates were higher with the ...

A Kaiser Permanente gastroenterologist is urging people to get screened earlier for colorectal cancer, as doctors continue to see a troubling rise in diagnoses among younger patients. “If you look at ...

Colorectal cancer was considered a disease that mainly affected older adults; now doctors are diagnosing more people in their ...

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has called for a decrease in the age of colorectal cancer screening from the current 50 years to 45 years. The appeal follows accumulating evidence that younger ...