U.S. health regulators have approved a blood test for colon cancer, offering a new way of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths.
But the guidelines differ if you are at higher-than-average risk for colon cancer. In some cases, you'll need to start screening at an earlier age, get screened more often, and stick to colonoscopy, which allows your doctor to examine your colon directly and remove polyps. While most poly...
(Adds details on 2nd test, refiles to fix headline) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A new kind of test thatfinds evidence of colon cancer in the stool can also detectpre-cancerous growths, and could potentially be an alternativeto colonoscopies, ...
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Against this backdrop, a non-invasive blood screening method for the detection of colon polyps that has higher sensitivity than current screening techniques would be beneficial in the early identification of patients at risk for colon cancer. A prospective, double-blinded, controlled clinical study ...
PhD JAMA Medical News & Perspectives The Push for Timely Follow-up After Abnormal At-home Colon Cancer Screening Results Mary Chris Jaklevic, MSJ JAMA Key Points Question Which screening strategy is most effective in promoting colorectal cancer (CRC) screening process completion among individuals who...
Colorectal cancer screening programs seek to maintain patient adherence to repeated tests over the duration of patients’ screening eligibility. This study compares uptake of an experimental blood test with that of a FIT for colorectal cancer screening in an office setting. Methods This small two-site...
Within the family, the first person to undergo genetic testing usually is the person who clearly has the disease (e.g., with numerous colon polyps with or without colon cancer). If genetic testing of this family member reveals a mutation responsible for a hereditary colon cancer syndrome, then...
no previous colon cancer or detected precancerous polyps. FIT is done at home by the patient and sent to a lab for evaluation. The one downside to the at-home stool test is that it needs to be done yearly. But if used each year, the test is good enough to catch the vast majorit...
a stool sample and send it to a lab for analysis. Colorguard is a brand name for this type of test. This test is nearly as accurate as a colonoscopy for finding colon cancer; both have an effectiveness rate above 90%. But it's much less effective than colonoscopy in finding polyps. ...