Many people are simply unaware of the existence of the FIT test or underestimate its importance in colorectal cancer ...

Over the past three decades, rates of colon cancer among young people have been steadily rising even as diagnoses among older ...

For adults with average cancer risk, a blood test could provide an option for colon cancer screening instead of a colonoscopy.

Created by Guardant Health, the blood test, known as Shield, was able to detect 83% of colorectal cancers in studies but only 13% of dangerous polyps. Colonoscopies find approximately 95% of these ...

Commonly used fecal immunochemical tests vary in their performance, which has implications for the benefits and ...

Over the weekend, during the lead-up to Exact Sciences announcing data from a blood-based colon cancer test, Guardant Health co-CEO AmirAli Talasaz challenged Exact’s CEO, Kevin Conroy ...

According to a report published by The American Cancer Society, colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death for men ...

A snowman picking his nose made people who typically avoid informataion about colorectal cancer more likely to take a quiz ...

Colon polyps can become colorectal cancer if they are not removed and they continue to grow. This is why screening for colon ...

Investors have poured billions of dollars into the "liquid biopsy" space for the early detection and tracking of cancer. Now ...

"Stool-based test offers a promising solution to reduce the burden of a colonoscopy," experts emphasized on September 21st, ...

Totò Schillaci, who passed away today, September 18, had been suffering from colon cancer for some time. His condition had ...