In 2024, the FDA approved at-home blood and stool tests for colorectal cancer screenings. In October, a second iteration of the at-home stool test was approved. While new, less-invasive blood tests ...
New Study Shows at-Home Colon Cancer Screening Test Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer Death, as Effective as Screening Colonoscopy July 25, 2024 — A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test ...
How: faecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, barium enema and/or colonoscopy Several types of screenings can help detect colon cancer. They identify ulcers, pre-cancerous polyps or cancerous ...
Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England.
Colon cancer, particularly prevalent in people over 50, starts as benign polyps and can progress if undetected. Cheryl, a survivor, highlights early symptoms like severe stomach pain, irregular ...