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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer stands at approximately 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women. Despite advancements in screening and treatment modalities, colorectal cancer remains a ...

While a race-blind algorithm underpredicted and overpredicted CRC risk in Black and White participants, respectively, an ...

A snowman picking his nose made people who typically avoid informataion about colorectal cancer more likely to take a quiz ...

Dr. Potter still emphasizes the importance of getting a follow-up colonoscopy if the FIT test produces abnormal results. He also notes that for those with a family history of CRC, screening before the ...

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