Colorectal cancer is highly treatable when caught early—and FIT tests make screening easier than ever with a simple at‑home ...

Q: I’m a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening. It was a lot easier than a ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Inviting adults to colorectal cancer screening at age 60 shifts diagnoses to earlier stages without ...

If a blue-and-white box has arrived at your door, you’re not alone. Millions of adults across the U.S. now receive a use-at-home colorectal cancer screening test through their health insurance or ...

A fecal immunochemical test (FIT) conducted 2 years apart could form the basis for population-based colorectal cancer screening if this approach goes on to show a mortality benefit, according to a ...

Colorectal cancer, which includes cancer of the colon and rectum, is one of the most common cancers in the world. It often develops slowly over many years and may not cause clear symptoms in the early ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multi-target stool DNA screening tests predicted neoplasia at follow-up colonoscopy more often than fecal ...

Colorectal cancer is common, deadly and highly treatable if detected early. Aside from skin cancers, “colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...