Colon cancer used to feel like a worry for later-something to think about decades down the road. Not anymore. An estimated ...

A major European trial has pushed colonoscopy back into the medical spotlight. After 13 years, the NordICC study found that one invitation to colonoscopy reduced new colorectal cancer diagnoses, but ...

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They told me it was effective, and I knew mailing a Cologuard box back would be pretty dang easy.” Cologuard — a simple way ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

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 ...

A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that eliminating the race disparity in colon cancer testing in the United States would dramatically reduce colon cancer, and colon ...

In the days leading up to your colonoscopy, you may want to eat and avoid certain foods to ensure the procedure is as ...

Post-polypectomy colonoscopy surveillance is widely implemented to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, yet ...

As of July 1, Ontarians age 45 and up are eligible to receive the at-home fecal immunochemical screening test — or FIT — that ...

Learn about the significance of colonoscopies in detecting and preventing colon cancer, especially in high-risk populations ...

With more and more young people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, it’s natural to be nervous about the disease. The ...