Q: I’m a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening. It was a lot easier than a ...

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

Researchers investigated whether the time interval between a positive FIT result and follow-up colonoscopy is linked to risk for CRC.

Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, recent advancements in medical screening have brought new hope in the fight against this deadly ...

A study published in Gut examined whether annual fecal immunochemical testing could reduce reliance on surveillance colonoscopy. Researchers recruited immediate risk patients (between 60- and 72-years ...

An at-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as the traditional screening, health experts say, and more agreeable. By Paula Span Most Americans who are due for a colon cancer screening will receive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multi-target stool DNA screening tests predicted neoplasia at follow-up colonoscopy more often than fecal ...

Adenoma detection rate (ADR) targets for endoscopists performing colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) should be markedly higher compared with ADR targets used in primary ...

With the backlog of NHS patients awaiting colonoscopy for suspected bowel cancer currently approaching 100,000 and increasing month-on-month, researchers have suggested that a temporary partial fix ...

A patient who had repeatedly refused routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), despite having lost his 80-year-old father to the disease, was again advised to undergo a colonoscopy at age 56. He ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...