The starting age dropped, a blood test joined the list, and there's now an age doctors say to quit.

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven't gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential colon cancer, either through the "gold standard" of colonoscopy or a ...

The American Cancer Society now recommends stool-based tests and a blood test as alternatives to colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for screening ...

WovenX Health, a Chicago-based specialty care platform, today announced a GI procedure partner network spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., supporting the launch of a national colorectal ...

It's increasingly common to see headlines and social media conversations about the rise in colorectal cancer among younger adults. In fact, the growing incidence of colorectal cancer in people under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cologuard cancer screening tests can be useful for certain people, but you should talk to a doctor first. (Provided by Exact ...

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 ...

A recent study found that patients who had a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) but didn’t follow through with a colonoscopy had a fourfold higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) than the ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a non-invasive stool-based DNA test that identifies microbial signatures linked to ...