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 ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Guardant Health’s blood test, called Shield, to screen for colon cancer, NBC News reported. The test isn't meant to replace colonoscopies, but is ...

Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people's homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-year-olds went ahead with cancer ...

Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older age. Not anymore.

Guardant’s test analyzes circulating tumor DNA that is then used to identify patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer who may benefit from treatment with the Braftovi combo therapy ...

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Learn how stool appearance can signal colon cancer. Recognize signs like ribbon-like and pebble-shaped stools, and understand when to seek medical advice.

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 ...