The American Cancer Society says an uptick in colon cancer cases in the 45-49 age group is a result of lowered screening ages ...

Even more colorectal cancer cases are being found in adults under 50, and a new collection of research suggests that a surge ...

More people under 50 are getting colonoscopies and at-home stool tests. Now, doctors are spotting tumors before symptoms ...

Colon cancer seems to be hitting the Black community hard. Over the past few years, colon cancer rates have steadily gone up ...

An investigation by the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that after a stable 15-year trend, diagnoses of local-stage ...

A huge win for public health in the US.Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the US.New study data shows a ...

Easy at-home tests for colon cancer, including FIT and Cologuard, offer alternatives to traditional colonoscopies for early detection and prevention.

As part of the non-invasive FIT, a patient is required to collect a sample of their stool and ship it to a lab for analysis. The FIT looks for blood in the stool, a common sign of colorectal cancer.

An at-home stool test for colon cancer detected no abnormalities. What are known as fecal immunochemical tests, or FIT, are about 80% accurate, according to the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

Less 'playing with your poop': Ontario introduces new colon cancer home screening kit 'It's simple, it's easy, you do it at home' and requires only one stool sample, says Thunder Bay doctor ...