FIT checks for blood in the stool, which can indicate the presence of colorectal cancer or polyps. Patients collect stool ...

A colonoscopy is still the gold standard. It can find and remove precancerous growths during the same procedure, which no ...

Americans are screening for colorectal cancer earlier than ever before and the trend is taking shape as the number of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – This week, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved Guardant’s Shield blood test to screen for colon cancer in average-risk Americans 45 to 75 years old.

50 million Americans due for colon cancer screening avoid it because they consider traditional tests so unpleasant. But now it can be as simple as a blood test. If you’re overdue for your colon cancer ...

A new Indiana University School of Medicine clinical trial - the largest of its kind to date - found that providing personalized colorectal cancer risk information to patients and their health care ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a blood test that can assist in the primary detection of colorectal cancer. This test could assist with prompt detection and intervention ...

It’s good news in the fight against colorectal cancer: A new test can detect the disease with a simple blood draw. But don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet — that old standby is still more reliable ...

The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long, publicly funded project initiated in 1990 to determine the entire DNA sequence of the human genome. While the Project was declared complete in April, 2003 ...

In recent years, studies have taken a closer look at whether certain lifestyle choices might up your risk for colon cancer.

Screening for colon cancer saves lives. This March, during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, talk with your provider about a colonoscopy screening. Colonoscopies are the most effective screening tool ...

"Knowing ACN [advanced colorectal neoplasia] risk could increase screening uptake by providing a noninvasive alternative to ...