Mail-in stool kits such as Colorguard can detect warning signs, but gastroenterologists say a colonoscopy is still the most reliable way to prevent colon cancer.

FIT checks for blood in the stool, which can indicate the presence of colorectal cancer or polyps. Patients collect stool ...

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer, but every year about 50 million people in the U.S. who qualify for a colonoscopy don't get it done, according to the American Cancer ...

50 million Americans due for colon cancer screening avoid it because they consider traditional tests so unpleasant. But now it can be as simple as a blood test. If you’re overdue for your colon cancer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among all the CRC screening methods, CRC incidence and mortality rates were highest among those who received ...

As a practicing gastroenterologist, my colleagues and I spend much of our professional careers dedicated to the screening, surveillance, and treatment of colorectal cancer and precursor lesions called ...

A new test that requires people to send stool samples in the mail for laboratory analysis is proving nearly as reliable as a colonoscopy in identifying potentially fatal colon cancers. The DNA ...

Thousands in KY go unscreened for colon cancer because they lack access or don't want colonoscopies or stool-based tests, but ...

If the too-good-to-be-true filter in your brain isn’t quite working the way it should, this may sound like the perfect alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy — at-home stool sample tests you ...

Colon cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and third leading cause of cancer deaths. It is also one of the most preventable types of cancer when it is detected early. Colon cancer screening ...

Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the US, but early detection leads to a 91% five-year survival rate. Colorectal cancer is projected to become the leading cancer killer for ...