Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven't gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential ...

Mail-in stool kits such as Colorguard can detect warning signs, but gastroenterologists say a colonoscopy is still the most ...

Facility-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among young adults has rapidly increased since U.S. guidelines started ...

Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the US, but early detection leads to a 91% five-year survival rate. Colorectal cancer is projected to become the leading cancer killer for ...

A new blood test for cancer DNA — the genetic code that differentiates cancer from healthy tissue — allows doctors to ...

Guardant Health is breaking barriers and hoping to get more people screened through the “Shield” test. In 2024, over 53,000 ...

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Screening is an effective tool for reducing the burden of cancer,” per Fred Hutch public health researcher Chris Li. “But it's a complex process with multiple steps." Unfortunately, many Americans are ...

More specifically, colorectal cancer can be one of the deadliest types of cancer when diagnosed at an advanced stage. But ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Colorectal cancer is projected to become the leading cancer killer for people under 50 by 2030. New blood-based screening tests offer a less invasive option to complement traditional methods like ...