For decades, most cancers were discovered only after symptoms appeared or through organ-specific screening tests like ...

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New blood tests like CancerGuard and Gallery claim to detect microscopic cancer markers in the bloodstream and screen for more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms develop. Doctors say the tests, ...

TEXAS – A new wave of blood tests is changing how doctors detect cancer. These tests can find signs of cancer early, sometimes before symptoms appear, giving patients a better chance at successful ...

Points to one of the most talked-about advances in cancer screening: multi-cancer early detection blood tests.

Talk about a breath of fresh air. Researchers have developed a groundbreaking device that may one day make detecting lung cancer as easy as exhaling. “We built a screening tool that could allow ...

At-home colon cancer tests typically involve mailing in a self-collected stool sample, though each type of test follows a ...

If an at-home, cancer-detection test sounds too good to be true, there’s a chance that it is. Called multicancer detection (MCD) tests, they check a person’s blood or other body fluids (such as urine ...

Wolinsky is a Chicago-based medical journalist and publisher of The Active Surveillor, a Substack newsletter that covers lower-risk prostate cancer and active surveillance. In 2002, at age 55, I ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - November is National Family Health History Month, and doctors say now is the time to get serious about colon cancer screenings. A new option is making the process easier and ...

In September, hundreds of volunteers with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network fanned out across the U.S. Capitol to lobby for a bill requiring Medicare to cover the cost of an ...