The model has community clinicians offer take-home fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) for colorectal cancer alongside flu shots ...

Many people are simply unaware of the existence of the FIT test or underestimate its importance in colorectal cancer ...

A rival CEO's confrontational social media post underscored the high stakes in the race to develop and deploy cancer ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") wants to ensure that members know their options for colorectal cancer ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is encouraging its members to review options for colorectal cancer screenings amid a rise in cases, according to an Oct. 1 news release from the insurer. The ...

While cancer is the leading health issues across the world, an early diagnosis can prove to be a game-changer in saving a ...

For adults with average cancer risk, a blood test could provide an option for colon cancer screening instead of a colonoscopy.

While the new Shield blood test may motivate more people to get screened for colorectal cancer, it also comes with downsides, ...

Over the past three decades, rates of colon cancer among young people have been steadily rising even as diagnoses among older ...

Created by Guardant Health, the blood test, known as Shield, was able to detect 83% of colorectal cancers in studies but only 13% of dangerous polyps. Colonoscopies find approximately 95% of these ...

In a separate study published in March by the same journal, an updated version of the Cologuard stool test, which also looks ...

With rising rates of colorectal cancers in younger people, UCSF experts tell you that getting screened for cancer may be as ...