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 ...

A non-invasive, easy-to-use test, like the Cologuard test, is a simple and effective way to screen for colorectal cancer. In ...

"I put these symptoms off for months before finally going to get a colonoscopy," Joe Faratzis recently admitted. "Don't risk ...

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

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News People are three times more ...

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 ...

Improvements in cancer prevention and screening have averted more deaths than treatment advances over the past 45 years.

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 ...

Colorectal cancer screening is an effective ... for follow-up colonoscopies if the at-home FIT was positive. A positive test result indicates there was trace amounts of blood in the stool, which ...

Colorectal cancer rates among individuals under 50 ... This provocative study demonstrates that biological age, which can be ...

A steady rise in rates of colorectal cancer among adults under ... Faratzis confessed that he blew off the test, figuring it wasn’t necessary. Six months later, he noticed blood on his toilet ...