If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect of the pandemic on colorectal cancer screening tests and diagnostic ...

Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III outlined guidance and strategies on how to educate patients on the costs of diagnostic colonoscopies compared to those for screening in a blog post . 1. If a patient ...

Your health insurance will typically cover a colonoscopy in full, provided it’s a screening and you meet certain eligibility ...

While the test is intended to encourage more patients to get screened, its results are not perfect. The test, created by biotech company Guardant Health, was able to detect 83% of colorectal cancers ...

Several procedures are available to screen and detect colorectal cancer, which affects the colon (large intestine) or rectum. “Undergoing regular screening can lead to the detection of polyps, and ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

Medicare covers colonoscopies that are performed for routine screening and for the diagnosis of symptomatic patients. How often the procedure is covered — and whether you’ll have to pay part of the ...

Studies using the three-card, take-home method of FOBT screening repeated over a number of years have demonstrated mortality reductions of up to 33%. Conversely, there are no large studies documenting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Screening colonoscopy findings did not differ significantly between adults aged 45 to 49 years and those aged 50 ...

If the too-good-to-be-true filter in your brain isn’t quite working the way it should, this may sound like the perfect alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy — at-home stool sample tests you ...