March marks the beginning of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. At-home stool tests can be an easier way to screen for colorectal cancer than a dreaded colonoscopy. As the rates of the cancer continue ...

Some modern stool tests can detect around 92 percent of colorectal cancers. But colonoscopies can detect cancer -- and prevent it. Q: My doctor always encourages me to do a colonoscopy for colorectal ...

FIT checks for blood in the stool, which can indicate the presence of colorectal cancer or polyps. Patients collect stool samples at home and send them in for analysis, making these tests less ...

Fecal immunochemical testing, which tests for human blood in a patient’s stool, is now available as a take-home test from Life Line Screening, according to a company news release. The test requires no ...

Credit: Reese Pharmaceutical. ColoTest is designed to detect blood in stool, which may be an early indication for colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, gastrointestinal disorders, colitis or polyps.

When it comes to colorectal cancer, there are several tests used for screening which one to choose depends on the patient. The best test is the one that gets done and done. Well, Dr Cke Dalba with the ...

People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the US, partly due to low screening rates. New and emerging screening tools, like blood and breath tests, may offer alternatives to in-office screenings.

A study of 316,443 patients shows that 7.4% of patients repeated fecal testing rather than proceeding directly to colonoscopy as guidelines recommend, and of those who repeated home tests, over half ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Medicare should cover a parasite poop test when medically necessary, usually when a person has symptoms of gastroenteritis or a history of exposure to a parasite. Laboratory technicians perform a ...