Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A blood test is now available to screen for colorectal cancer.However, a recent study concluded ...

Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) FIT is the more widely used home test for blood in stool. It does not involve any special prep. You'll just need to collect one poop sample according to the ...

New blood tests are now available to screen for colorectal (colon) cancer, providing a simpler alternative to traditional ...

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

Another test, Cologuard, looks for the presence of abnormal cells or blood in a stool sample patients mail in that may indicate cancer or precancer tumors. A blood test would be a simpler and more ...

Blood tests for colorectal cancer are an option for patients who would otherwise not be screened, but they are not as ...

Stanford researchers found that new blood tests for colorectal cancer screening are not as effective as colonoscopies or ...

Dr. Spiritos answers questions about the blood test, available under the ... Another option, Cologuard, can be done at home — you collect a sample of your stool and mail it to a lab with ...

However, the blood test isn't as effective as colonoscopy at detecting and preventing colon cancer, a new review finds. About two and a half times more colon cancer deaths can be expected to occur in ...

New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many ...

Colon cancer death rates will increase if too many people choose the blood test over either colonoscopy or stool-based tests, researchers predicted. “The first generation of blood tests are a ...