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 ...
Scream, Scooby Doo and soon to be Scream 7 star Matthew Lillard is now involved in a "Screen" campaign to raise awareness ...
The accuracy of non-invasive blood and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer is improving, but experts say it’s too soon to ...
To screen for colon and rectal cancers, most people have colonoscopies, which can feel invasive and require anesthesia, or they may take an at-home stool test, which can be more convenient but also ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) – There is a new and less invasive option to test for colon cancer and it doesn’t require a stay at the hospital or mailing a stool sample. The Food Drug and Administration approved ...
More than a tenth of fecal immunochemical tests, used for routine colorectal cancer screening, contained samples that could not be processed by labs, according to a study published this week in Cancer ...
The test's maker said the FDA will likely decide on approval later this year. A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! New cases of colon cancer among older adults have declined over the years, mainly due ...
Most people should get screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45. Cells in the large intestine can form polyps, which may turn into cancer over time. Detecting these polyps early means you ...
A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test that can be done at home could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%, according to a new study. A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening ...
The first blood test to screen for colorectal cancer could be approved this year — raising the potential to drastically increase the number of people diagnosed with the second-highest cause of cancer ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test that can be done at home could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%, according to a new study published in JAMA Network ...