Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, recent advancements in medical screening have brought new hope in the fight against this deadly ...

Take your FIT test at home. Do not take your test if you can see blood in your poop or if you had a recent colonoscopy that found polyps. Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah Health ...

Multitarget stool DNA tests — which are becoming more popular in the United States — have shown increased sensitivity over fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for early colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...

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 ...

Close to 50,000 Americans will die from colorectal cancer (CRC) in 2016, making it the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in this country (behind only lung cancer).1 What makes the statistic ...

The simple addition of a deadline to a mailed invitation for fecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

A mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach followed by patient navigation for those with a positive test increased colorectal cancer (CRC) screening participation at 6 months compared with ...

Mailing fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) directly to patients significantly increased colorectal cancer screening rates compared to active choice approaches. The study involved 20,509 adults aged 45 ...

Patient navigation and mailed outreach improved colorectal cancer screening rates in rural clinics, but follow-up colonoscopy participation remains low. Combining mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT ...

Consumers have testing options beyond the once-a-decade colonoscopy. But some doctors question Cologuard's testing program.

CT COLONOGRAPHY (CTC) performed once every five years is as effective as biennial FIT in detecting colorectal cancer over the ...

Adding a deadline to a mailed invitation for FIT colorectal cancer screening resulted in improved return rates. The highest return rate was seen with a 2-week deadline. This intervention can be easily ...