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 ...

Who needs to worry about colon cancer, and what tests will we be able to use in the future for early cancer detection?

We submitted our comments last month and are optimistic that the proposed coverage will be finalized in November — and take effect in January 2025.

The kit will be shipped directly to your home ... a colonoscopy would be needed. By contrast, a colonoscopy is an outpatient procedure in which you need to undergo bowel preparation a day before to ...

The AI guides them through a questionnaire and asks if they're interested in having the noninvasive screening kit mailed to their ... with patients on colonoscopy prep because they're told ahead ...

Lack of insurance, fears about the prep or procedure ... we'll help you get a colonoscopy at Temple," Dr. Grivas assures everyone receiving the test kit. "It's just so easy and it's at home ...

John de Csepel, MD, a GI specialist and chief medical officer at medical supply company Olympus, has lauded the lowered screening age and the new study's results.

Delays in cancer registration probably led to a major underestimation of the effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in ...

Approximately one in four individuals undergoing colonoscopy has an inadequate bowel preparation. Data from two retrospective studies indicate that 42–48% of colon polyps are missed on ...

Some patients pay out of pocket for colonoscopy prep, according to a recent study, and many leaders are concerned about how that could affect screening volumes. Gastroenterologist Eric Shah, MD, at ...

Adequate bowel preparation is key for an effective colonoscopy, says Dr. Paul Johnson, a colon and rectal surgeon at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee. Proper prep increases the ...