Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, ...

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...

For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test as a primary screening option for colorectal cancer. Guardant Health's Shield blood test was approved Monday as a ...

An investigational blood test for early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk adults met the primary endpoints of sensitivity and specificity in the PREEMPT CRC study, the largest study ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

Don’t stall — your butt is on the line. Because of this worrisome trend, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered its recommendation for starting colorectal cancer screening from age 50 ...

Dr. Sandy Kavalukas, an oncologist with University of Louisville Health, said that a new change allows patients with a family ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Colorectal cancer screenings in Kentucky are getting an update that could save lives. Starting Jan.