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

Screening with fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) lowers the risk of dying from colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online July 19 in JAMA Network Open. Lowering the fecal ...

Three-quarters of people prefer to do a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) rather than a colonoscopy for their regular colorectal cancer screening, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study. Unlike ...

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 ...

Does screening with colonoscopy result in an increased diagnosis of colorectal cancer and a larger reduction in mortality compared with the sequential use of fecal immunochemical testing (FIT)? No ...

Fecal immunochemical testing, which tests for human blood in a patient’s stool, is now available as a take-home test from Life Line Screening, according to a company news release. The test requires no ...

Your health checkup results state "fecal occult blood positive" and "further examination required." You have no symptoms, and ...

COLONPREV, a trial conducted in Spain, is the first among the large colonoscopy vs FIT studies, and its results raise as many questions as it answers. At a population level and with the study's ...

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