Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) is usually preferred by people for screening of colorectal cancer. But a higher number of lesions can be detected more clearly using colonoscopy. Though fecal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colonoscopy is most sensitive for CRC, but offering patients choices like FIT can improve screening rates. New ...

Patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could benefit from better testing protocols that would reduce the need and lengthy wait for potentially unnecessary colonoscopies, a new study ...

A patient who had repeatedly refused routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), despite having lost his 80-year-old father to the disease, was again advised to undergo a colonoscopy at age 56. He ...

Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. The study found no significant difference in follow-up times for ...

In this era of skyrocketing health-care costs, how many serial stool guaiac tests would a patient have to have in order to obtain results equivalent to screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer?

A new risk assessment scoring system has been developed that could help physicians judge which patients can forgo invasive colonoscopy testing for cancer screening and which should receive the test.

Artificial intelligence is helping doctors distinguish in real time whether polyps, a telltale sign of colorectal cancer, are life-threatening or safe to be left alone, reducing the need for costly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fecal immunochemical testing for colorectal cancer elicited higher participation rates among patients than ...

When it comes to colon cancer, the most popular strategy for screening is the colonoscopy, which involves a nearly 24-hour commitment to the prep for the invasive and uncomfortable procedure. The ...

A new study from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente found that patients who receive a positive fecal test often delay undergoing colonoscopy – the recommended procedure following a positive ...