At-home FIT screening involves testing stool for amounts of blood too small to see, which can help to diagnose colon cancer ...

Colonoscopy remains the gold-standard means of colon cancer screening, as the procedure can prevent cancers by removing ...

Studies using the three-card, take-home method of FOBT screening repeated over a number of years have demonstrated mortality reductions of up to 33%. Conversely, there are no large studies documenting ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors who ...

Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) remains one of the most common and deadly cancers. It is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in Americans under age 50, and the second leading cause of cancer ...

People of average risk for colon cancer should get a screening or colonoscopy earlier than previously advised.

Colorectal cancer has been receiving more attention in recent months. It is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women in the United States, excluding skin cancers. According to the ...

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 ...

(BPT) - Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified four important signs and symptoms that signal an elevated risk of early-onset colorectal cancer. These red flags ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cologuard cancer screening tests can be useful for certain people, but you should talk to a doctor first. (Provided by Exact ...