A young mother has revealed the symptoms that led to her stage 3 colorectal diagnosis. About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed ...

A new type of blood test can detect colon cancer with nearly a 90 percent accuracy rate, a potential breakthrough in the epidemic. A new study from researchers at New York University found the ...

A blood test that accurately detects colon cancer in middle-aged and older people and also rules it out when it is not present can help to increase the rate of screening for the disease in the U.S ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental blood test can effectively and accurately detect colon cancer in middle-aged folks and seniors, a new study says. The blood test was 81% ...

Such a blood test could help boost colon cancer screening rates, lead researcher Dr. Aasma Shaukat, a gastroenterologist with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said in a news release.

A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients by investigators at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their ...

A promising experimental blood test has shown the ability to accurately detect colon cancer with 81% accuracy in patients and correctly rule it out in 90% of healthy individuals. This less ...

Evidence has since emerged suggesting that anti-inflammatory drugs might benefit some patients with colon cancer, but not others. One possibility for this is that patients who have a blood test ...

A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the cancer ...

The multi-targeted stool DNA test, Cologuard, also tests blood in the stool. But it also tests for specific forms of DNA associated with colon cancer and advanced polyps. If either of those test ...