What Are At-Home Colon Cancer Tests? The gold standard screening test for cancer in your colon or rectum, colorectal cancer, is a colonoscopy. This is done at a doctor's office under sedation ...

The FDA has approved the Cologuard Plus test for colorectal cancer screening in adults aged 45 years at average risk for colorectal cancer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the ...

Cologuard is an at-home colon cancer screening kit that detects changes in genetic material indicating potential cancer or polyps. Medicare covers one kit per year under Original Medicare (Parts A and ...

More than 50,000 people will die from colon cancer, which as we know if caught early or in the precancerous stage, can be ...

Fecal immunochemical tests for post-polypectomy colorectal cancer surveillance may reduce the need for colonoscopy and improve screening adherence. Stool-based post-polypectomy surveillance strategies ...

There's a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new study found it's not as effective as a colonoscopy or ...

The biomedical giant best known for its Cologuard at-home colon cancer screening test reported a loss of $38.2 million, or $0.21 per share, on revenue of $708.7 million.

Enter Cologuard, the at-home colon cancer screening test for people aged 45 and older. Perhaps best known by audiences for its cheeky approach to advertising, the Exact Sciences brand recently ...

The FDA recently approved Guardant Health’s “Shield” blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in adults aged 45 and older who are at average risk for the disease. It is the first ...

A new study analysed the efficacy of blood tests versus colonoscopies and stool tests in identifying early-stage CRC. Read ...

New Study Shows at-Home Colon Cancer Screening Test Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer Death, as Effective as Screening Colonoscopy July 25, 2024 — A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test ...

But are the tests effective? A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine concluded that the new tests are ideal for people who shy away from other colorectal cancer screening. However, if too many ...