At-home FIT screening involves testing stool for amounts of blood too small to see, which can help to diagnose colon cancer ...

(CBS/AP) Dread having a colonoscopy? A new study shows the colon exam cuts death risk from colon cancer in half. The study is the first to offer clear evidence that the exam, avoided by many who find ...

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 16 Publication of a Canadian study on colonoscopy's impact on reducing colon cancer deaths suggests a lower impact on mortality than previously reported. Physician experts from the ...

PARIS, Apr 28 (bdnews24.com/AFP) – A single exam of the rectum and lower colon between the age of 55 and 64 slashes colon cancer mortality by more than 40 percent ...

The most effective and cost-efficient way to screen for various cancers -- including of the breast, prostate and colon -- has been hotly debated in recent years. Research published on Wednesday has ...

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 ...

A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. Many doctors recommend a more complete test ...

A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the large intestine can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a new study has found. A doctor performs a colonoscopy, ...

What Are At-Home Colon Cancer Tests? The gold standard screening test for cancer in your colon or rectum, colorectal cancer, is a colonoscopy. This is done at a doctor's office under sedation, after a ...

A single exam of the rectum and lower colon between the age of 55 and 64 slashes colon cancer mortality by more than 40 percent, according to research published Wednesday. The 16-year study of more ...