Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colonoscopy is most sensitive for CRC, but offering patients choices like FIT can improve screening rates. New stool- and blood-based tests may help, but all have ...

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 Force recommend adults 45 to 75 get screened for colon cancer

Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. The study found no significant difference in follow-up times for diagnostic colonoscopy between rural and non-rural patients.

A new study from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente found that patients who receive a positive fecal test often delay undergoing colonoscopy – the recommended procedure following a positive diagnosis. Instead of undergoing colonoscopies, the study ...

Very few people look forward to their first colonoscopy once they reach 45 years old, the age at which colon cancer screening should begin for people at average risk. That is one of the reasons Cologuard was developed. It is a completely non-invasive way ...