Adults 45 and older at average risk can now get screened for colorectal cancer with a simple blood test.

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

Nurse practitioners, physician associates, and advanced practice registered nurses can now independently order noninvasive colorectal cancer screenings for Medicare patients.

A recent study published in JAMA identified colorectal cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Americans ...

Clinicians have more colorectal cancer screening options than ever before. The challenge is helping more eligible patients ...

In Delaware, colon cancer is among the top four most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of cancer deaths. Colon cancer rates are also increasing globally, particularly among adults younger ...

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Colorectal cancer is now the number one cause of cancer-related death for men and women under 50 years old. But what can we ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked ...

When Erica Barnell was an MD/PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis, she met a woman who had stage four colorectal cancer (CRC). The woman was only 52 years old—more than a decade younger ...