A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA advisory panel -- the Medical Devices Advisory Committee -- ...
The Cologuard Plus test demonstrated 95% sensitivity for colorectal cancer detection at 94% specificity, making it the most accurate noninvasive CRC screening test reported in studies to date MADISON, ...
Despite its cheeky ad campaign, Get Your Butt Seen, the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada acknowledges that the vast majority of Canadians shy away from being screened for the disease. But a new ...
WATCH: A new product called “Cologuard”, developed by the Mayo Clinic, gives patients the opportunity to test for colon cancer at home using stool samples instead of getting a dreaded colonoscopy. In ...
The B.C. Cancer Agency is suspending stool sample collection testing, which could mean diagnostic delays in a number of colorectal cancers in B.C. Such delays could have negative effects, even raising ...
If you’re over 50 years old, there’s a good chance you’ve had a colonoscopy. But you’re just as likely not to have had one, even though physicians have begun to recommend people have one after they ...
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, is teaming up with actor and horror icon Matthew Lillard to encourage people 45 and older to get ...
More Islanders are taking the steps to screen for colorectal cancer than ever before thanks to a new take-home test. The Canadian Cancer society is invading bathrooms across P.E.I. trying to get ...
The 16-year study of more than 170,000 people in Britain also found that the one-time procedure cut incidence of the disease by a third compared to a control group that did not undergo the examination ...
Military members and veterans can be at a disadvantage in getting screenings that can spot pre-cancerous growths and provide earlier diagnoses.
The B.C. Cancer Agency is suspending stool sample collection testing, which could mean diagnostic delays in a number of colorectal cancers in B.C. Testing has been suspended because of a manufacturing ...