A new social media campaign is all about educating young Black men on the importance of knowing their family medical history when it comes to colorectal cancer.

Many people can have polyps and, like Andy, have no symptoms. A polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into ...

Colorectal Cancer Screening History, Method and Future Perspectives, May 2023, Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports ISSN:2575-9655 Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests, American Cancer Society ...

Doctors are recommending an alternative test to colonoscopies for people who are at average risk of colon cancer.

SAN DIEGO — Screening rates for colorectal cancers were doubled, CRC-related mortality cut in half and racial disparities nearly eliminated with a 20-year outreach program, according to study ...

Screening rates for colonoscopy or stool testing more than doubled, rising from just over 37% in 2000 to nearly 80% in 2019 across all racial and ethnic groups, researchers report. Colon cancer ...

Screening rates for colonoscopy or stool testing more than doubled, rising from just over 37% in 2000 to nearly 80% in 2019 across all racial and ethnic groups, researchers report.

“Colon cancer is the third most common cancer,” said Kyle Eliason, “and it’s the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. About 150,000 people are diagnosed each year and out of ...

He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients who are hesitant to get a colonoscopy. For a decade, we've had stool collection kits like Cologuard.

Source Reference: Bretthauer M, Kalager M "First head-to-head trial of colonoscopy versus faecal testing for colorectal cancer screening" Lancet 2025; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (25)00288-0.

The American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, the American Cancer Society, and as of 2020, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, recommend colorectal cancer screening at age 45.

Rebounds between 2021 and 2023 in breast cancer screening and colonoscopy screening underlay these increases (adjusted prevalence ratios, 1.14 and 1.13, respectively), as did a sustained increase ...