Increased sensitivity of test that detects the second deadliest cancer will save hundreds of lives, oncologists say ...

Noninvasive surveillance with multitarget stool DNA testing or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) could potentially match colonoscopy for reducing long-term ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death among men and women in the USA. Encouragingly, the reported death rates from CRC in the USA have dropped by 46%, and screening has had an important ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

In DID analysis, the rate of incidence was reduced by 0.34 cases per person-years in the screening group as compared with the historical FIT screening group (rate ratio [RR], 0.08 [95% CI, 0.07 to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective study, researchers enrolled 457 asymptomatic participants (mean age 61.4 years; 75% women) from ...

Screening annually with a method like OC-Auto FIT improves outcomes and delivers greater cost-effectiveness. Key findings from the study include: Annual FIT-based screening produced fewer CRC cases, ...

No one wants a colonoscopy. But there's no getting around the lifesaving procedure -- the gold standard for colon cancer detection. With the development of the FIT test, or fecal immunochemical test, ...