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

IN a review of records of patients studied at the Lahey Clinic twenty or more years ago, it is not unusual to see a diagnosis noted "polyp of rectum or colon; patient to have periodic checkups." ...

It allows doctors to immediately remove worrisome growths, including precancerous polyps, preventing some colon cancers from ever developing. Some people also might like the fact that colonoscopy ...

Cell ‘atlases’ offer unprecedented view of placenta, intestines and kidneys Other studies used 3D mapping to study samples of ...

Because the more established colonoscopies and stool tests are more effective at detecting early cancers and precancerous polyps than the emerging blood tests, their long-term impact is projected ...

However, the test only was able to detect precancerous colon polyps in about 13% of people. Colonoscopy is not an easy procedure. People must take powerful laxatives ahead of time to completely ...

It typically starts as polyps in the lining of the colon or rectum. Polyps are common as people age, and most are not cancer, ...

Let’s start with the cheapest, the yearly FIT, or fecal immunochemical test, which looks for fecal blood that might be caused ...