Colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer, but every year about 50 million people in the U.S. who qualify for a colonoscopy don't get it done, according to the American Cancer ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven't gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential colon cancer, either through the "gold standard" of colonoscopy or a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among all the CRC screening methods, CRC incidence and mortality rates were highest among those who received ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

Colonoscopies are considered the gold standard for detecting colorectal cancer. But some dread the idea of the invasive procedure and the prep required the day before you have it. The FDA last year ...

Colon or colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cancer in both men and women in the U.S., and the second most common cause of cancer death. Meanwhile, screening for CRC is both effective and ...

Screening for the second leading cause of cancer deaths just got a bit easier. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC).

As a practicing gastroenterologist, my colleagues and I spend much of our professional careers dedicated to the screening, surveillance, and treatment of colorectal cancer and precursor lesions called ...

But you’ll need to test more frequently, every one to three years instead of every 10 years for a colonoscopy. Anyone with an ...

If the too-good-to-be-true filter in your brain isn’t quite working the way it should, this may sound like the perfect alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy — at-home stool sample tests you ...