Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Europe, but timely screening can be highly effective in ...

A study by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences shows: With AI support, even junior doctors can already make accurate decisions during colorectal cancer screening. Krems, Austria, 24. June ...

In 2021, the recommended age for a colonoscopy for someone at average risk was lowered to 45 from 50, after data showed a 15% ...

Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran were diagnosed with colon cancer in their 30s. Their doctors initially thought they hemorrhoids ...

In 2021, the recommended age for a colonoscopy for someone at average risk was lowered to 45 from 50, ... The doctor found and removed a precancerous polyp from Dean’s colon in October.

Compared to stool DNA testing, researchers found that CT colonography is a cost-saving and clinically effective method for colorectal cancer screening, according to a study published in Radiology.

Medicare now covers both DNA stool testing and CT colonography, so researchers decided to perform a head-to-head comparison ...

For the all-important group who had 5- to 9-mm polyps detected by flexible sigmoidoscopy, 0.6% of women and 0.7% of men had cancer in the distal colon detected by colonoscopy, and 14.5% of women ...

T he upward trend of colon cancer cases in the U.S. is astronomically high—so much so that in 2021, the U.S. Preventive ...