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More people younger than 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer, and UnityPoint Health, the Iowa Cancer Consortium and Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities are responding by offering at-home colon cancer ...

Blood tests taken in a doctor’s office now can be used to screen for colon cancer, according to updated American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines. The new guidelines also recommend Cologuard, an ...

Colorectal Cancer disproportionately affects the Black population in America, and at-home testing for the disease may help to bridge the gap. Technological innovation has evolved the healthcare market ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Key Takeaways Regular colon cancer screenings can help find and treat the disease ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Home testing can be a very convenient way for people to learn more about their health, particularly when the alternative is an expensive or invasive procedure. This can be especially true for colon ...