With March being colon cancer awareness month, it’s a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB)- Guardant Health is breaking barriers and hoping to get more people screened through the “Shield” test. In 2024, over 53,000 people died from colon cancer in the United States.

Imagine checking for colon cancer with nothing more invasive than a routine blood draw -- no bowel prep, no sedation and no awkward stool kit to mail. A new blood test called SHIELD is now available ...

A study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that while blood-based tests offer a more convenient option for colorectal cancer screening, only 49% of ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open by Hanna Heyman and colleagues provides important insights into how colorectal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis ...

(WLUK) -- It's National Cancer prevention month and in the U.S., colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women. It's also the third-leading cause of cancer-related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 49% of those with an abnormal blood-based screening test had a colonoscopy within 6 months. Follow-up was ...

Overall, the incidence of colorectal cancer has decreased over the decades, largely in part due to the use of screening ...

What if you could get checked for colon cancer with only a routine blood draw? A new blood test in Michigan is making the process much easier. No bowel prep, no sedation and no awkward stool kit to ...