Colorectal cancer is not something often discussed in polite company. But it should be. Colon and rectal cancers are the second-leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Only lung ...

Bowel cancer is a serious health burden and its early diagnosis improves survival. The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England screens with the Faecal Occult Blood test (FOBt), followed by ...

Colonoscopy has become an increasingly popular method of screening for colon cancer while the rate of at-home stool testing has dropped off, according to a new study. The findings, published in the ...

it a good alternative to colonoscopy? A: The new test appears to be an advance, but I don’t think it’s as good as colonoscopy. Particularly for people who are at higher risk for colon cancer, I regard ...

Delaying a follow-up diagnostic colonoscopy more than 10 months after a positive fecal immunochemical test may increase patients' risk for any colorectal cancer and for higher-stage colon cancer, a ...

Because the woman had already received a positive result from a Cologuard test, her insurance company initially said it would not cover the cost of the colonoscopy Maria Pasquini is the senior news ...

Arlington, VA (September 7, 2004) – A study by Pickhardt et al. in today's issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine reports a miss rate of approximately 10 percent for large (>5mm) precancerous polyps ...

Awareness of a patient’s positive fecal immunochemical test or triennial multitarget stool DNA test increased adenoma detection rates among endoscopists, according to an early view study published Dec ...