The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly ...

John Ortolani, MD, a fourth-year general surgery resident at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, in Roanoke, and his colleagues conducted a study to evaluate their endoscopy curriculum, assess ...

Here are some guidelines for the screening colonoscopy. Verify patient benefits and secure preauthorization. This usually requires two different phone calls to the payor. Ask what benefits the patient ...

Colon cancer often develops silently, making early detection vital. Experts recommend getting your first colonoscopy at age ...

First national guideline recommendation for Shield paves the way for improved patient access and additional major guideline inclusions NCCN guidelines point to landmark ECLIPSE Study showing efficacy ...

The study supports colorectal cancer (CRC) screening initiation at age 45, aligning with US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines due to increased CRC prevalence in younger patients. Patients aged ...

More cases of colorectal cancer are detected at an early stage with screening. This is according to new research based on data from over 278,000 60-year-olds, who were randomly selected to undergo one ...

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 ...

Patients with an average risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) are candidates for noninvasive tests, such as multitarget stool DNA (mtsDNA), whereas those with a higher risk, including those with a family ...

In this article a physician describes being diagnosed with cancer and her journey that occurred after diagnosis with colon ...