Actor James Van Der Beek recently announced he has the disease. The rate o colon cancer in people younger than 55 has doubled ...

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An expert exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about colorectal cancer after James Van Der Beek went public with his diagnosis ...

There's a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new study found it's not as effective as a colonoscopy or ...

Middle-aged folks facing a colon cancer screening now have a blood test they can choose over a standard colonoscopy.H ...

A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine concluded that the new tests are ideal for people who shy away from other colorectal cancer screening. However, if too many people who would have ...

A new study reveals that colonoscopies and stool-based tests still outperform new blood tests when it comes to colorectal cancer screening and prevention.

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Blood tests for colorectal cancer are an option for patients who would otherwise not be screened, but they are not as effective as colonoscopies or stool tests, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

Colon cancer death rates will increase if too many people choose the blood test over either colonoscopy or stool-based tests, researchers predicted. “The first generation of blood tests are a ...