Over a 20-year period, colorectal cancer screening rates approximately doubled and mortality declined across all racial groups following systematic outreach. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates ...

After launching an organized CRC screening program in Hong Kong, socioeconomic disparities have narrowed but persist among certain groups.

A study found significant incidence of advanced neoplasia in patients who had a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC) when aged more than 75 years. The incidence of CRC is known to ...

A mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach followed by patient navigation for those with a positive test increased colorectal cancer (CRC) screening participation at 6 months compared with ...

Freenome, an early cancer detection company developing blood-based screening tests, today announced favorable results from its pivotal clinical validation study assessing the performance of assay and ...

1 in 3 eligible Americans avoid colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings because traditional methods are viewed as unpleasant and inconvenient Guardant's FDA-approved Shield blood test offers an easier, ...

The new study results could make Abbott, which has an agreement with Freenome to market the blood-based test, the dominant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher fecal hemoglobin concentrations at baseline suggest a shorter repeat screening interval. Screening ...

Consistent CRC screening — whether via FIT or combined methods — provides similar protections against CRC as early colonoscopy. Regular fecal immunochemical test (FIT) screening is associated with ...

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 ...

Three sessions of a semi-structured focus group were conducted to gain patient feedback on personalized screening for colorectal cancer (CRC). Individual preferences for how individuals would like to ...

In a new Annals of Internal Medicine "Beyond the Guidelines" feature, a primary care physician and a gastroenterologist discuss the recommendation to begin colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at age 45, ...