Adults 45 and older at average risk can now get screened for colorectal cancer with a simple blood test.

Clinicians have more colorectal cancer screening options than ever before. The challenge is helping more eligible patients ...

Missing routine cancer screening tests can lead to critical delays in diagnosis and treatment. A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that millions of U.S. adults with ...

Researchers have developed a blood-based assay that could help identify individuals with precursor lesions for colorectal ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test to be used for colorectal cancer screening among average-risk adults 45 and older. The maker of the test, Palo Alto, California-based ...

Hearing tests can be classified into two main types: diagnostic and screening. Screening tests that employ pure tone audiometry via basic air conduction are utilized to rapidly assess whether more ...

A screening test can determine if a person has an infection with hepatitis B. It involves a blood test that detects antigens and antibodies for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B, or hep B, is a ...

A Seattle doctor says a new self-screening test could help prevent deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that kills more ...

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...