A groundbreaking blood test for colorectal cancer screening has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), offering the potential to revolutionize early detection for one of ...

Not including skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. Unfortunately, the rates of colorectal cancer are rising dramatically in younger adults, which has ...

With funding awarded by Exact Sciences, the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) is conducting a 3-phase project to increase colorectal cancer screenings in clinics across the country. The ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a reminder about how important it is to get checked for what’s now the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. Like most ...

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

There's been a steep increase in colon cancer cases among adults 45 to 49 in recent years, and that's a good thing, experts say. This upsurge means that more colon cancers are being caught at an ...

Most people should get screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45. Cells in the large intestine can form polyps, which may turn into cancer over time. Detecting these polyps early means you ...

(a) “You don’t have to worry about that. Colon cancer is mainly a man’s disease.” (b) “Yes, everyone should have a colonoscopy every year to check for colon cancer.” (c) “I’ll do a rectal exam today, ...

Once seen as a disease of older adults, colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting people under 50. Understanding risk ...

Exact Science’s Michelle Beidelschies, PhD, reveals how a multi-biomarker class multi-cancer early detection test (MCED) blood test can help health systems expand detection across more cancers earlier ...

The Good Samaritan Hospital of Kearney, Neb. has won the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Screening Saves Lives Challenge for 2012, according to a news release. The challenge is a national competition for ...