Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The COVID-19 pandemic created new barriers for colorectal cancer screening. However, fecal occult blood tests ...

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Among the General Population and Persons Living With HIV in Puerto Rico, 2000-2016 The median age of participants was 61 years ...

Is it time for you to begin screening for colorectal cancer? Screening looks for signs of cancer in someone who doesn’t have any symptoms. The idea is that by catching cancer early, before it spreads, ...

A new study conducted in the UK and published in Gut found blood detected in stool is associated with an increased risk of death from a wide range of causes, not just colorectal cancer. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Patients with acute coronary syndrome had similar outcomes for all-cause mortality and bleeding ...

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

Analyzing data gathered between 2000 and 2008, researchers observed a significant decline in FOBT prevalence in higher socioeconomic status groups, but not in lower socioeconomic status groups. During ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Q: If a test showed blood in the stool, could this be caused by something eaten the day before? -- T.M., Lockport, N.Y. A: Bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract can be caused by something as minor as ...