The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Findings compared with three opt-in screening strategies among average-risk adults aged 45 to 49 years. HealthDay News — Mailing a stool-based test directly to people’s homes is the most effective ...

ROANOKE, VA. – There are fewer cases of colon cancer in Southwest Virginia, but more people are dying from it in our area. That’s because even though it’s recommended that people who are 45 years or ...

FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - The Three Rivers Public Health Department will host a free drive-thru event offering colon cancer test kits this week in tandem with Colorectal Awareness Month. Free take-home ...

IHDLab donates FIT kits to Highlands Health Clinic for colorectal cancer detection, promoting early diagnosis and community health through accessible testing. Early detection of colorectal cancer is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People in rural areas experience a variety of barriers to CRC screening. A mailed fecal immunochemical test ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...

Pharmacy-based CRC screening programs using FIT can improve early detection, especially in underserved communities, with effective follow-up care. Patients prefer digital updates for negative results ...

Temple Health physicians and providers hand out FIT take home kits for stool-based colorectal cancer screenings. (Courtesy of Temple Health) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News People are three times more likely ...