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 ...

A national survey finds patients want personal contact after positive cancer results, with psychosocial fears outweighing cost and transportation concerns. Pharmacy-based colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

Close to 50,000 Americans will die from colorectal cancer (CRC) in 2016, making it the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in this country (behind only lung cancer).1 What makes the statistic ...

Initiating FIT screening at ages 40-49 reduces CRC mortality by 39% and incidence by 21% compared to starting at age 50. CRC incidence is rising among younger populations, with a 500% increase in ...

Multitarget stool DNA tests — which are becoming more popular in the United States — have shown increased sensitivity over fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for early colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People in rural areas experience a variety of barriers to CRC screening. A mailed fecal immunochemical test ...

Colorectal cancer screening remains a cornerstone of preventive medicine, with strategies evolving to reduce both incidence and mortality worldwide. Current screening programmes utilise a range of ...

Colon cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and third leading cause of cancer deaths. It is also one of the most preventable types of cancer when it is detected early. Colon cancer screening ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in America. It's not deadly because it's particularly hard to treat or because oncologists are bad at spotting it. In large part, it's because people aren't ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and screening for colon and rectal cancer is increasingly important. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the ...