Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, recent advancements in medical screening have brought new hope in the fight against this deadly ...

England’s National Health Service’s faecal immunochemical test (FIT) has reduced referrals for suspected bowel cancer by ...

A study published in Gut examined whether annual fecal immunochemical testing could reduce reliance on surveillance colonoscopy. Researchers recruited immediate risk patients (between 60- and 72-years ...

Although considered a single class, fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) vary in their ability to detect advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) and should not be considered interchangeable, new research ...

People invited to undergo FIT were more likely to participate in colorectal cancer screening compared with those invited to undergo colonoscopy. FIT was noninferior to colonoscopy for colorectal ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

SAN DIEGO — In the ever-expanding options for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, blood tests using precision medicine are becoming more advanced and convenient than ever; however, caveats abound, and ...

New blood-based screening tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) offered fewer benefits at higher cost versus other screening options, a cost-effectiveness modeling study suggested. In a comparison against ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...