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Red Meat Could Be Prime Driver of Colon Cancer in the Young
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 – There are clues that red and processed meats could be driving the increased risk of colon cancer in young adults, a new study claims. Younger colon cancer patients typically...
U.S. Spends $43 Billion Annually on Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Screening for cancer saves lives, but a new report shows it comes with a hefty price tag: The United States spends at least $43 billion annually on tests that check for five...
Aspirin-Linked Reduction in CRC Risk Varies With Lifestyle Score
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Aspirin use is associated with a reduction in colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, with the greatest reduction seen among those with the unhealthiest lifestyle scores, according to...
Daily Aspirin Cuts Odds for Colon Cancer: Who Benefits Most?
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 – It's long been known that a daily dose of low-dose aspirin helps keep colon cancer at bay. But new research suggests that those who benefit most are folks whose lifestyles...
FDA Approves Another Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. In late May, an FDA advisory panel had voted 7-2 that the benefits...
FDA Approves Another Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. In late May, an FDA advisory panel had voted 7-2 that the benefits...
Better Screening Key to Closing U.S. 'Race Gap' in Colon Cancer Deaths
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 – Black Americans are almost a third more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers, and one key to closing that divide could be better cancer screening, a new...
Survey Shows Men Need to Do More to Prevent Cancer
FRIDAY, July 5, 2024 – American men are blowing their best chance to head off cancer or spot it early, when it's easiest to treat, a new survey warns. More than 6 in 10 (65%) men in the nationwide...
GLP-1 RA Use Linked to Lower Quality of Bowel Preparation
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 – The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) for diabetes or obesity is associated with a lower quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing...
Lowering FIT Positivity Thresholds Improves Sensitivity, Specificity
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Lowering the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) positive threshold yields levels of sensitivity and specificity that are comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA...
Gene-Targeted Immunotherapy Boosts Survival for Some Colon Cancer Patients
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 – There's potential good news for a sizable minority of people battling advanced colon cancer. Doctors in Britain say that an immunotherapy drug, given before surgery, can help...
FDA Panel Gives Nod to Blood Test for Colon Cancer
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits...
Colon Cancers Are Rising Among the Young: Know the Warning Signs
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter. The analysis was...
Offering Choice of CRC Screening Increases Completion Rates
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – For adults who are not up to date with colorectal cancer screening, offering a choice of colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) increases screening completion...
Colon Cancer Cases Rising Sharply Among Children, Teens
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – Colon cancer steadily increased among young people in the United States over the past two decades, with tweens enduring the most dramatic leap in cancer rates, a new study...