How would you feel if you were told, "Your fecal occult blood test was positive" during a health checkup or a municipal ...

Higher endoscopist polyp detection rates are significantly associated with fewer negative colonoscopies after positive stool tests, suggesting the need for new detection benchmarks, researchers say.

The result of your fecal occult blood test is "positive".Thinking it might be colorectal cancer makes you anxious.However, it ...

A qualitative study of seventeen Alberta healthcare providers reveals that barriers to colonoscopy after a positive fecal ...

Stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening involves a two-step approach for those with a positive test that includes a ...

A recent study found that patients who had a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) but didn’t follow through with a colonoscopy had a fourfold higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) than the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Colorectal cancer incidence was four times higher among those who did not complete follow-up colonoscopy after ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Screening for colorectal cancer presents a unique opportunity unavailable for most other types of cancers. Screening allows for the detection of both precancerous polyps and cancer, ...

A large screening study across 13 regions of Shandong Province, China, finds that a fecal immunochemical test threshold of 25 µg/g detects 96.4% of colorectal cancers while cutting the colonoscopy ...

Time for a rear-ality check. Colorectal cancer rates have been rising among adults younger than 50 since the 1990s, a troubling trend that has perplexed scientists. Because of the increase in cases, ...

A study of more than 21,000 average risk patients at 186 sites across the U.S., led by Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine research scientist Thomas Imperiale, M.D., has ...