Colon cancer screening is only effective if you complete the test. With 53,000 Americans expected to die from colon cancer in ...

A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA advisory panel -- the Medical Devices Advisory Committee ...

With colon cancer rates rising, advocates hope a newly approved blood test screening can help more people catch it early.

It’s good news in the fight against colorectal cancer: A new test can detect the disease with a simple blood draw. But don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet — that old standby is still more ...

The World Health Organization estimates that around 900,000 people each year die of colorectal cancer (CRC ... monitoring of CRC rely on a serial blood biomarker known as CEA (carcinoembryonic ...

According to Guardant’s website, Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a blood-based biomarker screening test to check for colorectal cancer if the individual is between the ages of 45–85, shows ...

U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a first-of-its-kind blood test for colon cancer, offering a new way of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths. Light snow is expected to continue ...

With colon cancer rates rising, advocates hope a newly approved blood test screening can help more people catch it early. “If we find it early, we have a lot more options in treating it,” said Dr.

Imagine a single blood test to detect hundreds of cancers. Aggressive cancers that need to be found at the earliest stages.

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