Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people's homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-year-olds went ahead with cancer ...

Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — ...

Automatically mailing test kits to people’s homes can improve colon cancer screening More people sent unsolicited stool test kits wound up getting screened Fewer went along with screening if they were ...

Did you receive a Cologuard test at your door, despite not ordering one? Someone may have ordered it for you.

Q: My doctor always encourages me to do a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. But I have friends who just do a stool test at home, which seems easier. Why should I go through the hassle of a ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geneoscopy, Inc., a life sciences company focused on developing diagnostic tests for the advancement of gastrointestinal health, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Colonoscopy remains the gold-standard means of colon cancer screening, as the procedure can prevent cancers by removing ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) reported mostly favorable responses with the use of mail-order kits for stool sample collections, according to a survey study. Among survey ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States and disproportionally impacts people who receive care in under-resourced settings.

WASHINGTON -- Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer -- colorectal cancer -- miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon ...

In average-risk individuals, ColoSense demonstrated 93% sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) and 45% sensitivity for detecting advanced adenomas (AA). The CRC-PREVENT study evaluated more ...