A considerable proportion of bowel preparation claims for screening colonoscopy involve patient cost-sharing, according to a research letter published online June 20 in Gastroenterology.

I had a symptom of colon cancer and family history, so I got a colonoscopy. It was expensive, and insurance was a nightmare, ...

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they legit?

In a new study, Prenuvo said its full-body MRI imaging service detected cancer in 2.2% of participants. Some experts say the ...

Screening recommendations for colorectal and breast cancers have also changed recently. Colon cancer screening now generally starts at age 45 instead of 50 due to rising cases among younger adults.

The ACS guidelines don’t favor any particular screening technique for colorectal cancer, listing several options. (You can read about all of them on the ACS site.) But the MSTF guidelines take a ...

Seven radiologists, each with a minimum of 16 years of experience, read the same set of screening breast MRI exams with four different sequences added incrementally, resulting in a total of 2,072 ...

"Some of the fastest growing cancer categories—pancreatic, ovarian, colon in young people, lung in non-smokers—do not have standard screening programs. The current medical system’s approach ...

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.

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Objectives Our objective was to compare prostate cancer detection rates between patients undergoing serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) vs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for prostate cancer ...

Colon cancer screening is only effective if you complete the test. With 53,000 Americans expected to die from colon cancer in 2024, we need another option for the millions who are avoiding screening.