This exam allows a doctor to see and closely inspect the inside of the entire colon for signs of cancer or polyps – growths that eventually can become cancerous. The doctor uses a slender, flexible, ...

The American Cancer Society updated colorectal cancer screening guidelines to include the FDA-approved Shield blood test for ...

The American Cancer Society is now adding blood tests to its guidelines for colorectal cancer screening. Here's what that means (and doesn't).

A physician assistant with no symptoms and a clear colonoscopy was three years from her next screening. A blood test found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its guidelines Wednesday to include two new screening options for colorectal cancer, ...

The American Cancer Society updated colorectal cancer screening guidelines, adding blood-based tests and reaffirming screening should begin at age 45.

The American Cancer Society released new recommendations to “close the screening gap” and catch more cancer cases at a ...

Colonoscopies are still the gold standard, but experts now endorse a high-tech stool test and a blood draw amid rising rates of young colon cancer.

WASHINGTON -- A colonoscopy has been called by some doctors the "save your life screening test" because the procedure is so successful in finding precancerous polyps, removing them and preventing ...

Two days before former White House spokesman Tony Snow died of colon cancer, I went in for my first screening. Snow was only 53 when he died on July 12. He’d been diagnosed in 2005, and his colon was ...

Colonoscopy vs. Sigmoidoscopy: What’s the Difference? If your doctor wants to check the health of your colon — whether as part of a routine screening or to investigate a concern — they may recommend a ...

The American Cancer Society added two new screening options to their colorectal cancer screening guidelines on Wednesday.