Key TakeawaysAutomatically mailing test kits to people’s homes can improve colon cancer screeningMore people sent unsolicited ...

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 ...

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

Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In 2020, more ...

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

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

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

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.

In a new Health survey, a third of adults in the U.S. said they had poop abnormalities in the last month. Here's what they're ...

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 ...