Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher fecal hemoglobin concentrations at baseline suggest a shorter repeat screening interval. Screening ...

ACG posed several key questions and developed practical recommendations for practice providers. The recommendations were crafted through a focused literature search and supplemented by existing ...

Among more than 7.8 million CRC screenings, the share of patients aged 45 to 49 years jumped from 2.9% before the guideline changes to 17.8% afterward. The average monthly screenings for this younger ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed that colorectal cancer screening delays of 1 to 2 years because of the COVID-19 pandemic had minimal ...

A cancer diagnosis is never welcome news. But for certain types of cancers, a doctor’s confirmation can be a lifesaver.

Blood-based screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) should only be used with patients who are not completing other endorsed screening options, according to a study. This study aimed to use a simulation ...

Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) should now begin at the age of 45 and not 50 for average-risk individuals in the United States, notes the final recommendation from the United States Preventive ...

Older adults with limited life expectancy are just as likely to undergo colorectal cancer (CRC) screening as those with longer life expectancy, a new study shows. Researchers used national survey data ...

Over a 20-year period, colorectal cancer screening rates approximately doubled and mortality declined across all racial groups following systematic outreach. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates ...

As colorectal cancer cases continue to grow in young patients nationwide, screening these patients continues to face setbacks. One major setback in CRC screening was the COVID-19 pandemic. Two small ...

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 ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the US, but it does not have to be. Prevention and early intervention can save lives. Screening prevents CRC by finding and ...