Mail-based screening programs are helping more Americans stay up to date with colorectal cancer tests—often with a simple box ...

Clinician counseling may be inadequate for younger adults newly eligible for colorectal cancer screening, according to study ...

The American Cancer Society is now adding blood tests to its guidelines for colorectal cancer screening. But that doesn't mean you should skip your colonoscopy. In the updated guidelines, released May ...

Mail-in colon cancer kits can extend easy, affordable cancer screening to low-income folks, study shows People preferred returning test kits that look for cancer-related DNA That might be because the ...

Known differences in colorectal cancer characteristics between men and women are also observed in fecal immunochemical tests.

The American Cancer Society recently recommended that two blood tests can be an option for people who won't get a colonoscopy or do a stool test. No one looks forward to a colonoscopy, but for the ...

A new blood test aimed at helping doctors diagnose colorectal cancer - the second-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths - was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. SimpleScreen, made by ...

FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH DETECTING COLON CANCER WITHOUT A COLONOSCOPY. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY JUST UPDATED ITS SCREENING GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE TWO NEW OPTIONS. ONE IS A BLOOD TEST, AND THE OTHER CAN ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related death among adults under 50 in the United States, and diagnoses in younger adults continue to increase at an alarming rate. In fact, it has ...