An estimated 52,500 Americans died last year from colon cancer, yet the disease is highly treatable if it's detected early. Primary care and prevention experts from the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...

Overall, the incidence of colorectal cancer has decreased over the decades, largely in part due to the use of screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among all the CRC screening methods, CRC incidence and mortality rates were highest among those who received ...

FOBT-positive patients who skipped colonoscopy had fourfold higher cancer incidence ...

Stool-based tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening show no significant difference in detecting advanced neoplasia overall, but for advanced serrated lesions specifically, the multitarget stool ...

Guardant Health markets Shield, an FDA-approved blood test for primary colorectal cancer screening. The Harris Poll conducted ...

Researchers from Trinity, Dublin City University and University College Dublin will use funding of €670,000 from Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to develop a breakthrough blood-based ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Credit: Reese Pharmaceutical. ColoTest is designed to detect blood in stool, which may be an early indication for colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, gastrointestinal disorders, colitis or polyps.

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

A Quora user worried that blood in stool after 50 might mean colon cancer. A gastroenterologist explains why the symptom ...