Screening for colon cancer using a flexible tube -- which is less invasive and more convenient than colonoscopy -- may also help prevent new cases and deaths from the disease, a large federal study ...

Share on Pinterest New technology has created alternatives for colorectal cancer screening. gahsoon/Getty Images Researchers say some people who have a negative result from a colonoscopy may be able ...

Q: If you have been informed that you are a poor candidate for a colon exam due to a torturous bowel, what are your options for colon screening? Thank you for your question because colon cancer and ...

What if a deadly, yet preventable, disease existed but only half the population got tested for it? Unfortunately, that is the case with colon cancer. Fewer than 6 in 10 at-risk Americans get tested ...

Colon cancer in men occurs as a result of normal cells transforming to abnormal ones. In a perfect world the right side of the colon absorbs water, sodium and soluble wastes and the left side of the ...

Colon cancer is the number two cancer killer in men and women who do not smoke. (Breast cancer is number one in women, while prostate cancer is number one in men). For decades now, scientists and ...

Once thought to be just an older person’s concern, colorectal cancer has morphed into an age-blind condition. Waiting rooms for that periodical colonoscopy exam are now dotted with 20-, 30-, and ...

The 16-year study of more than 170,000 people in Britain also found that the one-time procedure cut incidence of the disease by a third compared to a control group that did not undergo the examination ...

In DID analysis, the rate of incidence was reduced by 0.34 cases per person-years in the screening group as compared with the historical FIT screening group (rate ratio [RR], 0.08 [95% CI, 0.07 to ...