Multitarget stool DNA tests — which are becoming more popular in the United States — have shown increased sensitivity over fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for early colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...

A national survey finds patients want personal contact after positive cancer results, with psychosocial fears outweighing cost and transportation concerns. Pharmacy-based colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

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Take your FIT test at home. Do not take your test if you can see blood in your poop or if you had a recent colonoscopy that found polyps. Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah Health ...

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 ...

Results from a new JAMA Network study support the large-scale use of FIT tests. The findings show that those who complete one or more fecal immunochemical test (FIT) screenings are associated with a ...

New findings suggest blood tests still being assessed are showing promising results for early cancer screenings, especially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received mailed outreach had a higher rate of screening completion at 6 months vs. those who ...

Close to 50,000 Americans will die from colorectal cancer (CRC) in 2016, making it the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in this country (behind only lung cancer).1 What makes the statistic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this Healio video, Rasmi Nair, MBBS, MPH, PhD, reports findings from a recent study, which showed 10% of ...