Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, recent advancements in medical screening have brought new hope in the fight against this deadly ...

A fecal immunochemical test (FIT) conducted 2 years apart could form the basis for population-based colorectal cancer screening if this approach goes on to show a mortality benefit, according to a ...

Colonoscopy may be inconvenient and require planning, but the consequence and therapy for cancer is far more burdensome.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. A new blood test offers an easier screening option for Tennesseans.

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 ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...

Nothing elicits a groan from patients as quickly as discussion of uncomfortable screening procedures. Yet those discussions must take place. Colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer in the ...

An oncologist explains the situations when doctors recommend getting screened for colorectal cancer before age 45.

Michael Groves thought he had appendicitis.